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Changes in Weather Patterns Need Swift Action to Save Ghana’s Agriculture

By Francis Npong Pearl Millet is one of the hunger breaker crops in parts of Northern Ghana. Often referred to as savannah vegetation, northern Ghana records a maximum of 55mm of…See More

Jun 6, 2015

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Climate Change Adaptation: Illiterate Farmers Go Back to School

some community farmers learning basic numerals, modern agric practices, picture Francis NpongFrancis Npong, Gushiegu, Ghana, Farmers in some communities in…See More

May 9, 2014

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Stephen Leahy commented on Npong Balikawu Francis's blog post GMOs safer than GSM Cell Phones-Scientists

"Here's another African perspective, based on interview two years ago in Nairobi: Parts of Kenya have been hit hard by a multi-year drought, but “Mrs. Kimonyi is never hungry” said Patrick Mangu, an ethnobotanist at…"

Oct 12, 2012

Stephen Leahy commented on Npong Balikawu Francis's blog post GMOs safer than GSM Cell Phones-Scientists

"Some scientists have ties to the industry. Many universities in North America depend on donations and research contracts from agri-business. Until recently no student of agriculture in Canada could receive any training in organic, or eco-ag methods.…"

Oct 12, 2012

Npong Balikawu Francis commented on Npong Balikawu Francis's blog post GMOs safer than GSM Cell Phones-Scientists

"If what Stephen said here is true why scientists not respecting our rights to know all that about GMOs? "

Oct 12, 2012

Stephen Leahy commented on Npong Balikawu Francis's blog post GMOs safer than GSM Cell Phones-Scientists

"How GMOs unleashed a pesticide gusher - Guardian 3 Oct 2012 Prof Powell makes the case against GMOs: people don't trust them because there are no real benefits to using them. Unlike cell phones."

Oct 11, 2012

Npong Balikawu Francis posted a blog post

GMOs safer than GSM Cell Phones-Scientists

An agricultural scientist Professor Wayne Powell has hinted that, the use of Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is more dangerous to humans health than the consumption of genetically modified foods (GMOs).According to him, the radio active waves produce by GSM is capable of causing extensive damage to tissues and could…See More

Oct 2, 2012

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