The NationalVarietal Release and Registration Committee (NVRRC) of the Ministry of Agriculture has recommended five proposed varieties of cassava developed by the Department of Crop Science in collaboration with the Biotechnology and Nuclear Agricultural Research Institute (BNARI) of Ghana Atomic Energy Commission(GAEC).
The five recommended varieties are resistant to mosaic disease which mostly affects cassava production in Ghana and also contain beta carotine - a precursor of Vitamin A.
The recommendation was made after members of the committee inspected the five proposed cassava varieties at the University Teaching and Research Farm.
The Department of Animal Science, School of Agriculture, has organised a one-day training on “Rabbit Farming as a Business” for members of the Anglican Diocesan Development and Relief Organisation.
The trainer of trainee programme is aimed at equipping the participants to train other farmers in the Upper East Region.
Participants were taken through “Management of Breeding Stock, Feeding, Disease Control and Prevention, Processing of Rabbit Meat and Rabbit Rearing as a Business.”
Past students of the School of Agriculture, affectionately called AGRICOLAE, have held a three-day homecoming to map out strategies to make their association vibrant.
The homecoming was also aimed at mobilising alumni to support the development of the School of Agriculture.
The event, themed: “Repositioning School of Agriculture as a Centre of Excellence for Education: Agricolae, served as a networking and socialisation platform which afforded members to relive memories of their school days.
Delivering the keynote address, a former Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Ahmed Yakubu Alhassan, called for more engagements between the School and past students. A move, he said, would enable the School get support from past students to advance the vision of the School.
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.
