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…
Mion District, Ghana – July 2, 2025. Barely a month after receiving foundation seed and startup capital under the Agricultural Technology Park (ATP) youth empowerment initiative, Mohammed Seidu, a beneficiary from Tugu Yapala in the Mion District, is already transforming his rice farming dream into reality. Mr. Seidu, one of the four young farmers supported by…
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…
In May 2025, the CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI), in partnership with the RICOWAS Project and the Agribusiness Facility for Africa, undertook a series of strategic training workshops to build the capacities of key actors along the rice value chain. These workshops, held in Nyankpala and Navrongo, focused on agribusiness management, entrepreneurship, and institutional strengthening…