Saturday, February 08, 2014

Teach school children how to test water quality in Ghana – Martin Nijsse

School boy Felix demonstrates the kit testing process
By Nathaniel Y. Yankson

The Institutional Manager of Vitens Evides International, Martin Nijsse has advocated the need for school children to be taught how to test water quality in Ghana so as to inculcate that culture in the next generation.

Water: Life and death issue at Sang

From Patrick Baidoo, Tamale

A number of people at Sang, capital town of Mion District in the Northern Region, have expressed worry about the lack of potable water and very limited access to sanitation.

GMO Test Trials Prove Divisive in Ghana

From Patrick Baidoo, Tamale

A battle over genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is building in Ghana after the government recently completed regulations that could allow modified cowpeas and other selected crops to be grown following confined field trials (CFT).