Related Keywords: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, feed textile industry, introduced new pest resistant cotton varieties, savannah ecological zones, to improve cotton production, under the Ghana Cotton Growing Environment
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in order to improve production of the cash crop to feed the textile industry has introduced new pest-resistant cotton varieties - Round Up Flex (RRF) is a trait tolerant to glyphosate and the Roundup Ready Flex/Bollgard 2 herbicides -- are also tolerant to glyphosate in addition to offering insect protection, and are those currently being tried for the farmers within the savannah ecological zones.
