Research results demonstrate the potential of GM cowpea to enhance yields and profitability for resource-poor farmers.
CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute
The institute’s mandate is to “provide farmers in the Northern, Upper East, and Upper West Regions with appropriate technologies to increase their food and fiber crop production based on a sustainable production system which maintains and increases soil fertility”. The crops covered in its research mandate include sorghum, millet, rice, maize, fonio, cowpea, groundnuts, soybean, Bambara groundnuts, pigeon pea, yam, cassava, sweet and frafra potatoes, cotton, and vegetables.
The Vision is to “become a lead research and development (R&D) Institution by making agricultural research responsive to farmer needs and national development”.
The Mission is to “conduct agricultural research in Northern Ghana to develop and introduce improved technologies that will enhance overall farm level productivity for improved livelihoods”.
The Savanna Agricultural Research Institute is located 16 km West of Tamale in Ghana’s Northern Guinea Savanna Zone. With one rainy season from April to October, it receives over 1000 mm of rainfall annually. The altitude is 200 m above sea level.
