The School of Agriculture has launched its alumni association at a ceremony on campus with a call on past students to help reposition the School as a “Centre of Excellence”.
Launching the alumni association known as “Agricolae”, the Provost of the College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, Prof. L. K. Sam-Amoah, made a clarion call on past students to contribute towards the development of the School. He said the formation of Agricolae was long overdue, and therefore, all alumni must come on board to achieve the mandate of the School.
A team of researchers from the College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences has expressed the University’s commitment to partner government to produce the requisite sugarcane for processing at the Komenda Sugar Factory.
The research team led by Dr. Aaron T. Asare of the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, through a pilot studies used rapid technology to develop the planting materials to produce a variety of sugarcane with very high level of sucrose and brix (the main products for the production of sugar) at the University’s Experimental Field.
The University of Cape Coast, UCC, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cluster Farming Holding Limited (CFH), a commercial company which focuses on agriculture, aquaculture, sales, food and supply chain management.
The purpose of the MoU is to establish a mutually beneficial relationship which will stimulate cooperation and strengthen research, teaching and outreach to promote development, broaden experiences and promote sharing of knowledge and understanding amongst staff and students of UCC and workers and management of CFH.
Stakeholders in the Agricultural sector have begun discussions on the establishment of Sustainable Funding Mechanism (SFM) for agricultural research and extension in Ghana at a consultative meeting at the University of Cape Coast.
