The major problem for yam farmers is the poor quality of seed yam, resulting in low germination on the field, less harvest and even lower quality of the yam itself.
As part of measures to help improve yam farming, Iribov Ghana is organizing a demonstration day for farmers to show the result of planting improved seed yam on farmers’ fields in Bimbila in The Northern region of Ghana.
Iribov has a technology to produce clean and healthy and virus free seed yam to solve this issue for the yam farmers in Ghana.
This technology was developed in the YIIFSWA-II project with IITA in Nigeria and CSIRCRI / CSIR-SARI in Ghana.
The demonstration day is scheduled on Thursday 2nd of March 2023 in Bimbila.
Iribov Ghana Ltd is part of the Iribov group in The Netherlands. The company is located in Sogakope in the Volta Region since 2005 and has a tissue culture laboratory and nursery operation and employs over 100 people.
The main activity of the company is propagation of plants for the global market of plant breeders, growers and farmers. A part of the production from the tissue culture laboratory is exported to serve the European sales program of the company and a part is grown in the nursery operation in Ghana to distribute to plantations and farmers in Ghana.
Currently the company is producing improved planting material by using tissue culture and advance nursery technology for:
– fruit crops (Pineapple, Papaya, Passionfruit, Mango, Avocado, Citrus, Banana, Plantain) – tuber —crops (Ginger, Turmeric, Yam, Sweet Potato, Cassava)
-other crops (Cashew, Cocoa and Bamboo)
