Agricultural Issues
Illegal Miners Posing Challenge to Cocoa Sector
Mr. Anthony Fofie, Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) on Thursday said activities of illegal miners is taking a serious toll on cocoa production. He said illegal miners have invaded between 1.5 million hectares and 1.7 million hectares of cocoa farm lands, destroying cocoa trees to explore for gold. [more]
Ghanaian Farmers to Suffer From Climate Change – EPA
The dependence on rain-fed agriculture across the country makes farmers in Ghana particularly vulnerable to climate change. For instance, the high levels of dependence on agriculture for livelihoods in the north in particular, further makes it the most vulnerable region to climate change. [more]
NSS Boss Inspects Agricultural Projects
The Acting Executive Director of the Ghana National Service Scheme (GNSS), Alhaji Alhassan Imoro, has inspected the Scheme's agricultural projects in the Brong Ahafo, Northern and Ashanti Regions. [more]
Feature Articles
Ghana And Genetically Modified Technology: A Brewing Crisis—Part l
“Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity; it’s an act of justice. Like slavery and Apartheid, poverty’s not natural. It’s man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Sometimes it falls on a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom (Nelson Mandela).” “One out of every four children in the world under the age of five is stunted. This means 165 million children who are so malnourished they will never reach their full physical and cognitive potential (FAO).” “About 2 million people in the world lack vitamins that are essential for good health (FAO).” Indeed, food security is a global problem. Therefore, it is not an isolated African problem. [more]
Has Ghana Forsaken Its Smallholder and Women Farmers?
Recently smallholder farmers met and came to the conclusion that, though government recognized the problems facing smallholder farmers, only limited steps have been taken to address the situation. [more]
Reports/Articles
Women’s Empowerment and Nutrition – An Evidence Review
IFPRI Discussion Paper 01294, September 2013
Many development programs that aim to alleviate poverty and improve investments in human capital consider women’s empowerment a key pathway by which to achieve impact and often target women as their main beneficiaries. Despite this, women’s empowerment dimensions are often not rigorously measured and are at times merely assumed. This paper starts by reflecting on the concept and measurement of women’s empowerment and then reviews some of the structural interventions that aim to influence underlying gender norms in society and eradicate gender discrimination. It then proceeds to review the evidence of the impact of three types of interventions—cash transfer programs, agricultural interventions, and microfinance programs—on women’s empowerment, nutrition, or both. [more]
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