The award is displayed by Dr Mavis Owuriku-Asare. Accra, Ghana – Dr Mavis Owureku-Asare, Chief Executive Officer of Impact Food Hub (IFH), a dynamic organisation bridging the gap between research and the food industry, has won Glitz Africa’s Excellence in […]
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Nov 15 2021 (IPS) – Africa has pinned its hopes on agriculture for the creation of jobs and the resulting reduction of poverty. But its role is being stymied by the high cost of financing. Limited investment, high interest rates and […]
The Food Industry in Ghana continues to grow steadily with strategic key players taking advantage of the growing demand of consumers for ready-to-eat and convenient foods. Problems of lack of appropriate equipment, sourcing of raw materials, cost of packaging materials […]
Dr Mavis Owureku-Asare is among the Aspen Institute’s 2020 class of the New Voices Fellowship. The fellowship is described as “a groundbreaking program which equips experts from developing countries to play a more powerful role as advocates and policymakers in […]
Four Ghanaians women scientist are among 20 others whose excellence has won them up to $5000 as grants under the OWSD Early Career fellowship programme. Dr Mavis Owureku-Asare, Dr Mercy Badu, Dr Edem Mahu and Dr Priscilla Kolibea Mante have been […]
Ghanaian tomato farmers are preparing for bumper harvest but, for many forced to leave their produce to rot on the farms, it could also be a time of devastation. Suicide rates among tomato farmers might be disputed but what is not […]
A food safety specialist and Senior Research Scientist at the Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute (BNARI) of Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) is making strides towards tackling post-harvest losses in the production of tomatoes across the world. Dr. Mavis […]
Consider the lifespan of an average banknote as it passes from hand to hand to hand to hand over a period of about two years… now consider how that banknote could be the carrier of infections such as the Coronavirus. […]
Any West African knows that jollof rice is the defining dish on the menu of any home in Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal. This dish made of rice cooked in a spicy tomato stew or sauce is the centre of a […]
The first part of this was published last week and both episodes have been culled from a recent interview I had with Dr. Mavis Owureku-Asare, a recipient of the OWSD Early Career Fellowship, a prestigious fellowship that awards up to […]
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