India and Ghana Sign Historic MoU to Advance Research, Education

India and Ghana have strengthened cooperation in agricultural research, education and technology transfer with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, and the Crops Research Institute (CSIR-CRI), Accra, Ghana.

This MoU will strengthen India’s focus on South-South and India-Africa collaboration. The signing ceremony was graced by Dr. S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister of India, and Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ghana.

The five-year MoU provides a framework for cooperation in joint agricultural research, scientific and technological exchange, capacity building and the application and commercialisation of agricultural technologies. The collaboration has been facilitated by Arima Farms Ltd., Ghana, which has been recognised as the commercial partner to CSIR-CRI for specific research and commercialisation activities under the framework.

The first phase of cooperation will focus on vegetable crop research, with particular emphasis on tomato research and development. Under the collaboration, ICAR will support the scaling up of proven agricultural technologies and the introduction of suitable high-yielding tomato lines and varieties to contribute to strengthening domestic tomato production in Ghana. (UPDATED ON 7TH OCT 2026)