Commercial Farmers in Northern Ghana to soon benefit from new Soybean Variety Under PAT Project

A Senior Research Scientist with the Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) Dr. Nicholas Denwar has underscored the need to develop new varieties of soybean for commercial farmers in Northern Ghana under Pan-African Soybean Variety Trails project.

According to the soya bean breeding expert, the current varieties increase post harvest losses and does not encourage large scale cultivation of soya beans. Our Northern regional Correspondent Noah nash filed this report.

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Soybean is mostly grown in the northern ghana as a cash crop and mostly cultivated by smallholder farmers especially women. Soya bean experts believe the country has a huge potential for soybean processing and export if post harvest losses are minimised.

In a bit to improve the cultivation of Soybeans in Ghana using improved variety, the Pan-African Soybean variety Trail program was introduced in Northern Ghana to enhance the breeding of new local varieties using high yielding varieties within Africa. The unique breeding technique has propel the commercial agenda as well as addressing the concerns raised by commercial farmers in Northern Ghana.

A Soybeans Breeder with the CSIR-SARI Dr. Nicholas Denwar in an interview with GHOne News underscored the need for a new variety for commercial farmers to minimised the post harvest losses as well as maximum gain from farmers investments.


SOT 1: Dr. Nicholas Denwar, Soybeans Breeder / Senior Research Scientist, CSIR-SARI




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In partnership with the Soybean Innovation Lab, there is a herbicide trial underway to enhance weed control on commercial, this Dr. George Awuni caution that farmers in the region to observed the safety protocol to save the environment.


SOT 2: Dr. George Awuni, SIL Researcher, Soybean Innovation Lab. Ghana






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Prof. Peter Goldsmith who visited some soybeans Smart farm in the Northern Region research fields express satisfaction about the level of commitment by commercial farmers to adapt high yielding researched varieties for soybeans in the North.

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