Ghana: Parliamentary Candidate Agnes Chigabatia.
Region: GhanaBy Kofi Yeboah There have been considerable efforts by women to have chance in Ghanaian politics. Ghana Decides [1], a non-partisan project which aims to foster a better-informed electorate for free, fair and safe 2012 elections using social media tools took a personality profile [2] look on parliamentary candidate Agnes Chigabatia. She is a former member of parliament for the Builsa North Constituency in the Fou... more
Views: 859Ghana increase cocoa prices
Region: GhanaGhana has raised cocoa prices for the 2010/11 season by 33.33 percent in an effort to stop smuggling and motivate farmers to produce more in the coming season. Prices for the 2010-11 season set to begin on Oct. 1 will be 3,200 cedis ($2,238) per tonne, up from 2,400 cedis per tonne during the 2009-10 season, Finance Minister Kwabena Duffuor said at a news conference in Accra. As at September 24, figures for purchases... more
Views: 1761Ghana to earn US$50 million from rubber exports
Region: GhanaGhana is hopeful of earning approximately US$50 million from exports of rubber by 2017, said an official of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. The West African country exports 95 percent of its rubber produce to France, Turkey, South Korea, East Africa and Burkina Faso. Joseph Baidoo-Williams, Coordinator, Perennial Corps Programme, said the contribution of rubber cultivation to employment-generati... more
Views: 1261Learning to Listen to Farmers
Region: GhanaCross posted from Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet. At the Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension at Cape Coast University in Southern Ghana, learning takes place not only in classrooms, but also literally in fields and farms all over the country. As part of a program to improve agricultural extension services, extension officers are working with professors to find ways to imp... more
Views: 1359New Frontier Farmers and Processor Group: Reviving Farmland and Improving Livelihoods
Region: GhanaThis is the seventh piece in an eight part series about the Ecumenical Association for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development’s (ECASARD work in Ghana. Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet. In Anamaase, Ghana, the New Frontier Farmers and Processor group is led by the village’s chief. Osbararima Mana Tibi II is a self described “young leader (he’s 50 yea... more
Views: 1960Making a Living Out of Conservation
Region: GhanaCross posted from Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet. The farmers of the Neleshi Grasscutter and Farmers Association (NAGRAFA) consider themselves not only farmers and businesswomen and men, but also conservationists. Grasscutters, or cane rats, are found throughout Western Africa and, as their name suggests, they live in grasslands. But many poor farmers in Ghana use slash and burn methods on gr... more
Views: 1316The Abooman Women’s Group: Working Together to Improve Livelihoods
Region: GhanaThis is the fourth in a five-part series of my visit with the Ecumenical Association for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development and the projects they support in southern Ghana.Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet. The Abooman Women's Group in southern Ghana, "started off as a mixed group," of women and men, says Fatima Addy, the Group's leader. But today the group consists... more
Views: 1255With ECASARD You Can See A Real Impact
Region: GhanaThis is two parts from a five-part series of our visit with the Ecumenical Association for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development and the projects they support in southern Ghana. Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet. Part I: Something that Can't be Quantified Check out this video of Nancy Ayesua Outu, ECASARD financial director, explaining why her work to prom... more
Views: 1279Working with the Root
Region: GhanaThis is the first in a five-part series of my visit with the Ecumenical Association for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development and the projects they support in southern Ghana. Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet blog. The Ecumenical Association for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (ECASARD), based in Accra, Ghana, is a unique organization. Not only has it brought togethe... more
Views: 1712Is Ghana President Atta Mills Up Against His Own Party?
Region: GhanaIn the months leading to the election of President John Evans Atta Mills, many Ghanaians, including those abroad, feared that a New Democratic Congress (NDC) win would morph into another reign by the party’s founder and former military ruler, President Jerry John Rawlings. The transition was smooth, and the relationship between Presidents Rawlings and Mills, seemed cordial. JJ Rawlings, an unofficial... more
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