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VIDEO: Recovering from Ghana's flood damage
2015-06-26 17:37:05| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Can the Ghanaian economy keep its head above water following the floods in the capital?
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Small-scale farmers dominate Ghana's agriculture industry - Manager
2015-04-12 04:56:28| Agriculture - Topix.net
Mr Lambert Abraham Lugumial, the programme Manager of Ghana Trade and Livelihood Coalition , over the weekend said Ghana's agriculture is dominated by small-scale producers. Mr Lambert, who was speaking at a day's workshop organised by the GTLC, a Ghanaian trade and agricultural policy and practice organisation at Abesim, near Sunyani, noted that small-scale farmers accounted for about 80 percent of domestic production, which is characterised by low crop and animal productivity.
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VIDEO: Ghana's unreliable power supply
2015-03-13 15:42:28| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Generation and delivery problems in Ghana's electricity industry is causing a big problem, as the BBC's Sammy Darko reports.
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Ghanas presidential aircraft catches fire at Kotoka International Airport
2015-03-04 01:00:00| Airport Technology
The presidential jet of Ghana that was headed to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, caught fire during take off at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra.
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Ghana's GM cowpea completes second year of trial
2014-12-29 09:10:23| Biotech - Topix.net
Ghana's Confined Field Trial for genetically modified cowpea , has successfully completed its second year with one more year to go. The Bt cowpea, developed by Savannah Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research at Nyankpala in the Northern Region, would be the first GM crop in Ghana Dr Ibrahim Dzido Kwasi Atokple, a former Principal Investigator Ghana's Bt Cowpea CFT project told journalists at a day's media training on biotech communications and science reporting, that after successful completion, the crop would contribute to food security and improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers.
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