SIL Researcher Receives Grant for Soybean Value Chain Project with Church of the Brethren

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The Chairwoman, Secretary and Financial Secretary of the Victory Soybean Cooperative near Gurku, Nigeria. Victory Cooperative’s Chairwoman will participate in the soybean value chain learning experience organized by SIL and EYN-COB in Ghana. Image credit: Kefas John Usma

Next month, Dennis Thompson, a SIL researcher who leads the lab’s seed systems efforts, will collaborate with with Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN – the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria ) to lead a soybean value chain learning trip to Ghana. While there, Thompson will work with SIL’s in-country partners at Catholic Relief Services (CRS)-Ghana to educate the EYN team on the importance of inputs and appropriate agronomic practices to achieve high soybean yields, showcased at SIL’s SMART Farm.

The team will also learn about the integration of soy in local Ghanaian foods through visits to local soy food enterprises and SIL’s work in low-cost, locally produced mechanization. The team will also visit the MEDA GROW project to learn about their successes in developing soybean in the Upper West region of Ghana.

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