As the 2025 farming season sets in, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research–Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI) has commenced full-scale preparations for its annual Technology Park, located at the institute’s headquarters in Nyankpala. The Technology Park serves as a critical platform for showcasing tested and proven agricultural technologies, enabling farmers, researchers, extension agents, and…
In the farming community of Tugu Yapala, located in the Mion District of Northern Ghana, a young man is quietly rewriting his story through agriculture. Mohammed Seidu, one of the four youths supported under CSIR-SARI’s Agricultural Technology Park (ATP) initiative, has successfully ventured into rice seed production and is already making an impression in his…
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research–Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI) has successfully concluded a five-month intensive training in hybrid maize seed production, equipping a new cohort of young and women agripreneurs with critical skills to strengthen seed systems in Ghana. Held under the auspices of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) and funded…
In a bid to promote youth-led agribusiness and strengthen Ghana’s seed systems, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI) has supported four enterprising young farmers with start-up capital and foundation seeds to establish seed production enterprises under the CORAF-supported Agricultural Technology Park (ATP) initiative. In a symbolic ceremony held…
How the Vision of CSIR-SARI’s Director is Powering Year-Round Innovation at the Agricultural Technology Park The CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI), under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in Ghana, continues to stand tall as a beacon of innovation and agricultural transformation in the West African sub-region. At the heart of this transformation is…
On April 10, 2025, the CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI) welcomed a high-level delegation led by H.E. Jules-Armand Aniambossou, Ambassador of France to Ghana, on a working visit to to the CSIR-SARI head office at Nyankpala. This strategic engagement followed an earlier exploratory visit by embassy representatives during the 2024 rainy season, where they witnessed firsthand…