Ghana launches disease-resistant hybrid maize seed to boost farm productivity

In a country where maize yields have been quietly declining even as hunger and demand grow louder, Ghana has answered with a seed — CRI-Nkomo, born from decades of public research and brought to market through private partnership. Launched in late March 2026, this disease-resistant hybrid variety represents more than an agronomic advance; it is a test of whether scientific knowledge, long accumulated but underused, can finally find its way into the hands of the farmers who need it most. The deeper question Ghana now faces is one every nation must eventually confront: whether the capacity to fe