Ways in which science and technology contribute to development in Ghana

1. Facilitates the doing of reliable weather forecasting
2. It helps in improvement in agricultural production
3. It enhances efficient communication and faster dissemination of information
4. Improvement in medicine and health industry
5. Enhances faster and efficient system of transportation
6. Improvement in the industrial production
7. Facilitates improvement in education delivery
8. Facilitates improvement in trade, banking and commerce
9. Improvement in sanitation
10. Provision of efficient machinery for exploiting natural resources
11. Facilitates in harnessing the environment to improve quality of life
12. Improvement in research for the collection and analysis of information
13. Bridges the gap between nations through globalization
14. It helps to remove superstitious beliefs and outmoded cultural practices
15. It helps in the automation in workplaces thereby improving productivity and reducing fatigue
16. It enhances security system e.g. CCTV

1. The use of modern machinery for agricultural production
2. The use of agro-chemicals to control pests, plant diseases and weeds
3. Cross-breeding of animals and grafting of plant species
4. Developing appropriate poultry and animal feeds
5. The use of dams and irrigation techniques
6. Improving storage and preservation facilities
7. Developing and use of fertilizer
8. Improving the system of fishing
9. Reliable weather forecasting
10. Increasing research into agricultural production
11. Better harvesting techniques
12. The dissemination and use of research findings
13. Provision of better research equipment
14. Improving transportation/communication system
15. Improving agro-processing methods
16. Improving soil quality and management

Ways in which information and communication technology (ICT) can be used to promote socio-economic development in Ghana

1. It can be used to provide knowledge and skills for work
2. It can be used to enhance health care delivery
3. It can be used to promote the delivery of education
4. It can be used to undertake research for the collection of information, analysis and storage of data for present and future use
5. It can be used to promote trade, commerce and banking
6. It can be used to do reliable weather forecasting
7. It can be used to improve agricultural production
8. It can be used for advancement and improvement in industrial production
9. It can be used to bridge the gap between nations through globalization
10. It can be used to enhance communication and faster dissemination of information
11. It can be used to provide efficient system of transportation
12. It can be used to remove superstitious beliefs and outmoded cultural practices
13. It can be used for automation in workplaces thereby improving productivity and reducing fatigue
14. It can be used to improve entertainment through development of films, movies, music, printed literature and other materials
15. It can be used to improve domestic life by providing basic tools for use in the home
16. It can be used to enhance security system such as CCTV

Ways of promoting science and technology in Ghana

1. Admission of more science students
2. Maintaining integrated science as a compulsory (core) subject
3. Organizing more science and technology workshops and promote STEM education
4. Motivating science and technology teachers
5. Establishing more science research centres in schools
6. Training more science teachers
7. Funding research in science and technological development
8. Granting of scholarships to science students
9. Introduction of Science and Mathematics Quiz Competition
10. Public education on the benefits of Science and Technology