Tag: Syecomp Ghana Ltd

Deputy Minister Launches Green Innovation Centre Project in Ghana

December 31, 2015

Dr Alhassan Mohammed Ahmed, Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, in charge of Crops, has opened an inception workshop for the Green Innovation Centre Project, aimed at reducing poverty and ensuring food security. The project is an initiative of the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation under the global initiative titled “One World No Hunger,” in… More Deputy Minister Launches Green Innovation Centre Project in Ghana

Learning Note 4: Engaging Farmers to Address Climate Change in Ghana’s Agricultural Sector

November 9, 2015

Farmers will have to adapt to the changing climate conditions to safeguard their livelihoods. One of the project initiatives at Syecomp Ghana Ltd aims to promote existing and new methods for adaptation to climate change and to introduce mitigation measures within the context of sustainable farming. However, when it comes to engaging smallholder farmers in… More Learning Note 4: Engaging Farmers to Address Climate Change in Ghana’s Agricultural Sector

Learning Note 3: Relevance of Agroclimatic Information

November 2, 2015

Climate change has a major impact on agriculture. However, it also produces 15 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions and thus contributes to global warming. Temperature increases, changes in precipitation, more frequent floods and droughts, and rising sea levels all affect agricultural systems and production. In the subtropical and tropical regions in many developing countries,… More Learning Note 3: Relevance of Agroclimatic Information

Learning Note 2-Project Impact Measurement

August 29, 2015

One of the critical challenges with implementing impact-oriented projects is developing a matrix to evaluate project results and measuring impact. At Syecomp Ghana Ltd, we believe critical success factors in delivering results include stakeholder participation, active inclusion of direct project constituents, and activity/service continuity. In our implementation of the CTA-funded proof of concept project on Geospatial… More Learning Note 2-Project Impact Measurement

Syecomp Farm GPS Data Capture Activities

August 17, 2015

Syecomp Ghana Ltd recently had had their project staff on the field capturing farm data from pineapple,mango and vegetable farmers in Volta and Eastern Region of Ghana. This is part of the company’s project activities in the deployment of Geospatial Technologies and Agroclimatic Information Services for Smallholder Farmers in Ghana-Proof of Concept phase. The project team… More Syecomp Farm GPS Data Capture Activities

Youth in Agriculture: for business, not for food

January 14, 2015

With the rising youth unemployment in Africa, young Ghanaians could find opportunities in the agricultural sector as entrepreneurs; but they lack the means and the space to do so. The perception of agriculture as a mere farming for food needs to change to viewing agriculture as viable businesses within its value chains. This was the… More Youth in Agriculture: for business, not for food