Professor Richard Akromah, Provost of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has called for increased support for root and ...

Scientists from selected countries in the West Africa sub-region are meeting in Kumasi to discuss funding avenues for root and tuber crop technology research. Participants are unanimous the crops hold ...

Kumasi, June 19, GNA - A Research Scientist, has acknowledged the crucial role root and tuber crops played in enhancing the livelihood of the people and called for more to be done to increase ...

Concerned stakeholders are upscaling their efforts in food security through research driven initiatives and empowering farmers as well as formalising markets for produce. Board Chairperson for Root ...

A two-day tuber and roots festival began in the city on Saturday and growers urged the government to promote the crops for their health benefits. M.N. Shaji, a tuber crop conservationist, said, ...

The creation of a National Mission on Tuber Crops (NMTC) has been proposed for mainstreaming tubers into India’s food basket and increasing productivity and farmer incomes from these often sidelined ...

The Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (CTCRI), in association with the Indian Society for Root Crops is organising an international conference on ‘Tropical roots and tubers for sustainable ...

Currently, the First World Congress on Root and Tuber Crops is meeting in Nanning, Guangxi, China to look at opportunities and wealth that can be created from root and tuber crops. The event is put ...

Mysuru: People should use naturally grown tuber crops to safeguard their health, said tuber crop conservationist Shaji MN, from Wayanad, Kerala, on Saturday. Tuber crops are historically integral to ...

KARWAR :Tuber cultivation has turned out to be great success for farmers of Joida taluk of Uttara Kannada district. Moreover, there is a huge demand from Joida. Tuber is a traditional crop in Manlad ...

The young man at the supermarket checkout counter looked puzzled. "You have a lot of obscure things in here," he said, nodding at my basket. He didn't know any of the codes for such ambiguous items as ...