The University of Cape Coast as the lead institution in collaboration with its partners has developed three new Striga-resistant cowpea genotypes purposely for the three regions in the northern part of Ghana.
The Department of Laboratory Technology has held stakeholders meeting to solicit views on its proposed Master’s programme in Safety and Emergency Response.
The consultative meeting, held at the Department of Physics Seminar Room served as a platform for stakeholders to present their inputs, contributions and concerns in order to shape the programme to achieve its objective of training competent individuals to handle emergencies.
Members of the National Beekeepers Association (NATBA) from various districts within the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana own large cashew plantations. Beekeeping is done in agricultural landscapes. Integration of bees into cashew pollinate the crops to increase yield and quality fruits and increase honey produced by bees. Members of NATBA lacked skills and technology in integrating beekeeping into agriculture landscapes.
The Case of Brong Ahafo and Ashanti Regions Cluster
The study was conducted to assess the economic viability and sustainability of maize smallholder farmers’ relationship with the various farm business models identified in Brong Ahafo and Ashanti Regions of Ghana.
Late stage neoplastic breast lesions abound in Ghana, especially, late-stage early-age breast cancer. Therefore low survival rates after treatment of breast cancer is prevalent. The median age of diagnosis for breast cancer is thirty-nine (39) years hence screening mammography (“the gold standard”) is not suitable and also not readily available in Ghana.
Research Awards and Grants (RAG) Ceremony has been held under the auspices of the Directorate of Research, Innovation and Consultancy (DRIC) at the School of Medical Sciences.
The annual award scheme is aimed at motivating and honouring faculty members who distinguished themselves through impact-oriented research as well as those who have shown potential in the same regard.
The Institutional Affiliation Office in conjunction with the Centre for Teaching Support, has organised a training programme for assessors of the University of Cape Coast. Moderators or assessors are deployed to affiliated institutions to ascertain whether their operations of conform to the standards prescribed by the University or not. Opening the six-day workshop , the Director of Academic Affairs, Mr. Jeff Onyame, said there was the need to evaluate the work of UCC assessors at affiliated institutions to see where they fell short and provide remedies to these challenges.