PARENTING TIPS

If a child lives with criticism – he learns to condemn.

If a child lives with hostility – he learns to fight.

If a child lives with ridicule – he learns to be shy.

If a child lives with shame – he learns to be guilty.

If a child lives with tolerance – he learns to be patient.

If a child lives with encouragement – he learns confidence.

If a child lives with praise – he learns to appreciate.

If a child lives with fairness – he learns justice.

If a child lives with security – he learns to have faith.

If a child lives with approval – he learns to like himself.

If a child lives with acceptance and friendship - he learns to find love in the world.

Although parenting is a difficult task but staying with stubborn adult is a hell. Therefore do all you can to build your child's character in positive line.  

WEB 2.0 TRAINING WORKSHOP

CSIR-INSTI in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and CTA organized five days training workshop on the application of web 2.0 tools from the 15th - 19th April, 2013 at Accra, Ghana. Several participants from different agricultural- based institutions across the country were competitively selected to represent their organization. CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana was represented by Mr. Emmanuel Appiah-Kubi and Mr. Charles Essien.  The workshop was facilitated by a skillful facilitator called Mr. Justin Chisenga, from FAO

The first day of the workshop was dedicated to the introduction of participants, workshop outline, introduction to Participatory World Wide Web (Web. 2.0) and Social media and finally ended with the creation of micro-blogging using Twitter and its practical demonstration. Participats were able to create their twitter accunts and tweet their thoughts on topical issues been discussed on the media.

On the second day of the workshop, participants were taken through creation and management of blogs and by the close of the day, all the participants have active blogs of their own and/ or for their organization. So far so very good for all the participants and we hope that the participants will continue to update their skills and knowledge on this acquired skills and share them with their colleagues.

The third day started with practical session on the blogs each participant has created.

Thank you and stay tune as I will update you on the progress of the workshop

 

 

Bamboos in Ghana

Bamboo has become one of the priority renewable structural resources for the twenty-first centuary and Ghana is not left in this opportunity. In Ghana, there are more than thirty species found both in the wild  and plantation with most of the collections found in the  Bambusetuem at the Bobri Buttterfly Sanctuary managed by CSIR- Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, Kumasi.

Some of the  bamboo species available in the Bambusetuem are Guadua charcoensis, Guadua augustifolia, Dendrocalamus strictus, Dendrocalamus babartus, Dendrocalamus membranaceae, Dendrocalamus lateflorus,  Dendrocalamus brandisii, Bambusa hetrostachya, Bambusa vulgaris, Bambusa vulgaris var vitata,Bambusa ventricosa, Bambusa bambos, Bambusa textilis, Bambusa multiplex,Bambusa oldhamii,

WELCOME TO CHARLES ESSIEN'S CORNER

This is CHARLES ESSIEN'S CORNER. This corner will commentate on current issues relating to utilization of bamboo and timber resources in Ghana as well as sharing information on international conference advertisement on climate change, timber and bamboo utilization, bioenergy and sustainable plantation development programmes.

Occassionally, highlights on my research activities will be shared with the various stakeholders and the academia.