The Crops Research Institute (CRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has cemented agreements with a private sector cassava extension agency to improve the agronomy and utilization of cassava. Dr Maxwell Darko Asante, Deputy Director of CSIR-CRI, said cassava was an important food crop whose potentials needed to be harnessed and the private sector’s involvement was key to achieving that goal. He assured that the research institute would work to give the right human resources and technologies that would help increase cassava production and utilization in the country.
He stated: “I am hopeful this collaboration will sustain and impact positively on cassava production for Ghana as a whole. I am also appealing for stronger partnerships with the CSIR-CRI to expand and deepen research activities.”
Dr Asante indicated that research was a key tool for quality and improved end products and said the CRI would continue to investigate and bring out new crop varieties that addressed the needs of the people.
Source: ghanabusinessnews.com
