New Revolution: CSIR-SARI introduces two new onion varieties to farmers in the Upper West Region Of Ghana

Research scientists in the Upper West region working with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR- SARI-Wa), have taken up the challenge to break the barrier by making the Upper West region one of the major onion production hubs in the country. At present onion production in the Upper West Region is nothing significant to write home about even though it is on record that onion production around Karni in the Lambusie District of the region is a lead production center especially with the blind onion farmers’ association who are predominantly into onion production. It must be noted that CSIR- SARI-Wa is adopting a different approach by involving peasant farmers to own, learn and adopt acceptable Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) in the production of onion in an attempt to hit the world market in order to earn hard currency for the country. Research Scientists of the CSIR- SARI-Wa on seasonal basis take farmers through ...