{"id":435548,"date":"2011-06-03T17:15:06","date_gmt":"2011-06-03T17:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/03\/ghana%e2%80%99s-fight-to-reduce-poverty-receives-momentum\/"},"modified":"2011-06-03T17:15:06","modified_gmt":"2011-06-03T17:15:06","slug":"ghanas-fight-to-reduce-poverty-receives-momentum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/03\/ghanas-fight-to-reduce-poverty-receives-momentum\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana\u2019s fight to reduce poverty receives momentum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"73.8680827278\">\n<p>You Are Here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\">Home<\/a> \u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/category\/general-news\/\" title=\"View all posts in General News\" rel=\"category tag\">General News<\/a> \u00bb Ghana\u2019s fight to reduce poverty receives momentum<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Page last updated at Friday, June 3, 2011 17:17 PM \/\/ <\/span><\/div>\n<div readability=\"7\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/cassava1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2530\" title=\"cassava\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/cassava1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cassava &#8211; a staple food in Ghana<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s efforts at reducing poverty through increased food production has been given momentum by the \u201cWest African Productivity Programme (WAPP)\u201d an intervention funded by the World Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Under the phase one of the 10-year pilot project, four improved cassava varieties had been released by the Crops Research Institute (CRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, bio-technology facilities at the CRI are being upgraded to allow for technology generation and transfer.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Isaac Baning, Principal Scientific Secretary of the Institute, made this known when he together with three other officials of the CRI called at the Kumasi Office of the Ghana News Agency (GNA) to interact with reporters.<\/p>\n<p>WAPP was developed by the West and Central Africa Centre for Research and Development (WACRD) based in Senegal to aid growth in food production and help bring down hunger in the sub-region.<\/p>\n<p>The participating countries are Ghana, Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso and Cote d\u2019Ivoire.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Baning said each of these countries had established a national centre of specialization focusing on commodities, which they have comparative advantage.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of Ghana, the emphasis is on the root and tuber crops including yam, potato and cassava, while Mali is giving more attention to maize and rice with Senegal concentrating on sorghum, millet and other drought tolerant crops.<\/p>\n<p>Through this arrangement, researchers would share experiences, technology and information and by this promote trade.<\/p>\n<p>Source: GNA<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>| | <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Currently%20reading%20http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/06\/03\/ghana%E2%80%99s-fight-to-reduce-poverty-receives-momentum\/\" title=\"Click to send this page to Twitter!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet This!<\/a> | <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h4>Comments<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>More here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/06\/03\/ghana\u2019s-fight-to-reduce-poverty-receives-momentum\/\" title=\"Ghana\u2019s fight to reduce poverty receives momentum\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ghana\u2019s fight to reduce poverty receives momentum<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> You Are Here: Home \u00bb General News \u00bb Ghana\u2019s fight to reduce poverty receives momentum Page last updated at Friday, June 3, 2011 17:17 PM \/\/ Cassava &#8211; a staple food in Ghana Ghana\u2019s efforts at reducing poverty through increased food production has been given momentum by the \u201cWest African Productivity Programme (WAPP)\u201d an intervention funded by the World Bank. Under the phase one of the 10-year pilot project, four improved cassava varieties had been released by the Crops Research Institute (CRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":435550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-435548","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ghana\u2019s fight to reduce poverty receives momentum - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/03\/ghanas-fight-to-reduce-poverty-receives-momentum\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ghana\u2019s fight to reduce poverty receives momentum - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"You Are Here: Home \u00bb General News \u00bb Ghana\u2019s fight to reduce poverty receives momentum Page last updated at Friday, June 3, 2011 17:17 PM \/\/ Cassava - a staple food in Ghana Ghana\u2019s efforts at reducing poverty through increased food production has been given momentum by the \u201cWest African Productivity Programme (WAPP)\u201d an intervention funded by the World Bank. 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