An Associate Professor and Co-ordinator for the laser and optic centre at the University of Cape Coast says farmers can use light as a guide for future sustainable development in the country.
Prof. Benjamin Anderson indicates that this can be done through careful analysis of how fertilizer can be used appropriately based on the information light gives.
He maintains that Ghana as a developing country with agriculture at its heart can make use of light to know “whether the plants are doing well, when to apply fertilizer, so that we don’t just apply fertilizer.”
Prof. Benjamin Anderson was speaking in an interview with ATLFMNEWS in commemoration of the 2023 International Day of Light on May 16, 2023.
This year’s international day of Light is on the theme “Light for the Future.”
The theme is prime focused on coming up with innovative solutions that can help to solve some of the global problems.
To increase awareness about the role of light and how it promotes sustainable development, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO set the 16th May of every year aside to celebrate the essence of light in our daily lives.
To Prof. Anderson, Light is important, and basic light science that is trying to understand light right in Ghana will go a long way to quicken development.
he explains that through the use of light-based technology, the medical field can also use light for instance to trace malaria in a patient by simply shining light over the person instead of piercing the person’s finger to draw blood for lab testing to show results.
The International Day of Light celebrates the role light plays in science, culture and art, education, and sustainable development, and fields as diverse as medicine, communications, and energy.
According to Prof Anderson, research in light science has shown that light has more than what is known.
He explains that United Nations celebrated a day called Light and Light-based Technology in 2015.
After the celebration, Ghana, leading a team of three member countries; Ghana, New Zealand, and Russia, and supported by other countries, put up a resolution for the proclamation of the International Year of Light, which was accepted in 2017.
So the day 16th May was proclaimed as the day that will make the world aware of the need for light and the importance of light and light-based technologies.
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Source: Comfort Sweety Hayford/ATLFMNEWS
