India and Ghana sign ICAR–CSIR-CRI MoU on agricultural research, education and technology transfer
On 7 October 2026, ICAR and Ghana's CSIR-Crops Research Institute (Accra) signed a five-year MoU on agricultural research, education and technology transfer, in the presence of EAM S. Jaishankar and Ghana's Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa.
Summary
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, and the Crops Research Institute of Ghana's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-CRI), Accra, signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding on 7 October 2026 covering joint agricultural research, capacity building and commercialisation of farm technologies. The ceremony was graced by External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar and Ghana's Minister for Foreign Affairs Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa during the EAM's visit to Ghana. The first phase will focus on vegetable research, especially tomato, while cooperation also covers processing of cassava, yam and other tubers and post-harvest management such as cold storage. A Joint Working Group of ICAR and CSIR-CRI will oversee the partnership, which strengthens South-South and India-Africa cooperation.
Key facts
- Parties
- ICAR (New Delhi) and CSIR-Crops Research Institute (Accra, Ghana)
- Signed
- 7 October 2026
- Duration
- Five years
- Presence
- EAM Dr. S. Jaishankar and Ghana FM Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa
- First phase
- Vegetable research, focus on tomato
- Other areas
- Cassava, yam and tuber processing; post-harvest management, cold storage
- Commercial partner
- Arima Farms Ltd., Ghana
- Oversight
- ICAR–CSIR-CRI Joint Working Group (meets in New Delhi and Accra)
- Framework
- South-South and India-Africa collaboration
Practice MCQs 2 questions
In October 2026, ICAR signed an MoU on agricultural research with the CSIR-Crops Research Institute of which country?
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Correct answer: B — Ghana
The first phase of the India–Ghana ICAR–CSIR-CRI cooperation (October 2026) focuses mainly on research on which vegetable crop?
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Correct answer: D — Tomato