The 3rd National Seed Forum has opened in Accra with a call on key stakeholders to work to advance Ghana’s seed sector.
In spite of the fact that Ghana’s seed sector has grown significantly in the last decade, with the development and availability of improved and locally adapted seed varieties, the adoption rate is still marginal, with just about 30 per cent of farmers using improved varieties.
The Chairman of the National Seed Council (NSC), Josiah Wobil, in his welcome address during the opening of the forum on Monday, November 7, 2022, said even though Ghana has made some significant improvement in its seed sector, there is more to be done.
For him, there is a need to facilitate the conduct of the seed industry in order to respond to the overall quality seed demand in the country.