Media Urged to Educate Public on Biotechnology in Ghana
July 25, 2013| |
Richard Akromah, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana has urged the media to help reduce some of the negative perceptions about modern biotechnology.
Presenting a paper on What the Future Holds for Agriculture at a seminar organized by the United States Embassy for selected journalists in Kumasi, Akromah stressed that modern biotechnology is a safe scientific process with enormous benefits to improve agriculture yields, reduce the application of chemicals on crops which posed harmful threats to both the farmers and consumers as well as to reduce food glut.
For more information, visit the Government of Ghana's website at http://www.ghana.gov.gh/index.php/2012-02-08-08-32-47/general-news/1772-media-urged-to-educate-public-on-biotechnology.
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