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Title: | Report on a training workshop for yam farmers and agricultural extension agents held at GNAT Hall, Atebubu, Brong Ahafo Region on 18th - 19th September, 2014 |
Authors: | Tortoe, C. Dowuona, S. Issifu, A. |
Keywords: | Training course;Yam;Extension agents;Ghana |
Issue Date: | 2014 |
Publisher: | Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR),Food Research Institute, Ghana |
Abstract: | The CSIR-Food Research Institute in conjunction with Social Development and Improvement Agency (SODIA) organized a training workshop for yam farmers and Agricultural Extension Agents (AEAs) at the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) hall at Atebubu in the Brong Ahafo Region on 18th and 19th September, 2014. Participants were drawn from the Brong Ahafo Region. This training was part of dissemination of technologies developed under the GRATITUDE Project conducted by the CSIR-FRI. The two day training workshop was attended by 54 yam farmers and 38 AEAs drawn from the Brong Ahafo Region. The training was to transfer three technologies developed under Work Package 2 of the GRATITUDE Project to yam farmers and AEAs’. These technologies were on how to effectively cure wounded yams, delay sprouting of stored yams and store yams in improved yam barn. The training was well appreciated by participants and they agreed to practice the learned technologies for yam improvement in Ghana |
URI: | https://csirspace.foodresearchgh.site/handle/123456789/926 |
Appears in Collections: | Food Research Institute |
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