CSIR-CRI, KOPIA Ghana train farmers on greenhouse tomato to cut imports

According to the Researcher, open-field tomato production suffered low yields, poor quality and high pest and disease pressure, while greenhouse varieties on the market are expensive hybrids.06 GNA – The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Crops Research Institute (CSIR-CRI) with funding from KOPIA Ghana has trained over 100 farmers and agricultural extension officers on greenhouse tomato production.

Prosper Adelwini, the District Director of Agriculture, Offinso North, commended CSIR-CRI and KOPIA Ghana for the practical sessions, describing the training as timely for farmers who were losing up to 40 percent of produce to diseases in open fields.