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Closing Ghana’s Land Gap: How a Cowpea Seed is Empowering Women Farmers

... — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 20:38:22 +0000

According to the 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS), only 12.7 percent of women in Ghana own farmland, either solely or jointly, compared to 24.7 percent of men. This reveals not only a major gender gap in land ownership but also highlights the challenges facing women, particularly in rural communities. Despite the Land Act, […]

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Only 22% of Ghanaians understand climate change – Afrobarometer

... — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 09:02:40 +0000

“What you don’t know won’t kill you” is a common Ghanaian adage. But when it comes to climate change, ignorance is proving not only dangerous, but also deadly. Across the country, there are signs of avoidable man made climatic conditions that are becoming harder to ignore, thereby resulting in rising temperatures, erratic rainfall patterns, prolonged […]

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Women Farmers in Ghana Need Tailored Agricultural Insurance

... — Sun, 22 Jun 2025 17:51:22 +0000

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) reports that after climate-related disasters such as droughts and floods, women take longer period to recover economically due to lack of access to insurance, savings, and social protection. It indicated that repeated droughts across Africa, including Ghana, especially between 2020 and 2023, have left millions of […]

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Reviving Degraded Lands: FMNR restores hope in Kassena-Nankana West

... — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 21:35:48 +0000

For years, the people of Kassena-Nankana West District in Ghana’s Upper East Region have watched helplessly as their land suffer the harsh weight of climate change. For decades, wildfires, once seasonal threats, became annual threats, devouring farmlands, destroying forest reserves, and leaving trails of charred earth where crops once flourished. Human activities including cutting down […]

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Technological advancement moves farming from subsistence to commercial

... — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 21:55:07 +0000

Farming has evolved over the years. This is because of continuous innovations through technology and inventions. Over the years, it has moved from subsistence to commercial farming, owing to technological advancement placed at the doorsteps of farmers. This practice that was done by cutlasses and hoes and to some extent by animal traction or bullocks […]

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On a small but thriving farm

... — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 10:15:57 +0000

On a small but thriving farm in Awaradone, a farming community in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region, Madam Asaamah Akurigo tends to her crops with quiet determination. At 36 years old, the hardworking mother of two has built a life around the land, growing kenaf, okra, onions, pepper, and other nutrient-rich vegetables. […]

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Illegal mining threatening food security in Upper East

... — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 10:28:20 +0000

For the past decades, Nyaaba Dittoh, a 62-year-old smallholder farmer in the Nabdam District in the Upper East Region has engaged in subsistence farming to take care of his household. Farming for livelihood Farming has been his lifetime job on his four-acre farmland and the only source of livelihood for his family where he cultivates […]

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Abuse of agrochemicals: A silent deadly practice by smallholder farmers

... — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 19:47:47 +0000

It was the late Bahamian Evangelist, Dr Myles Munroe, who once said: “When purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable.” This expression aptly illustrates the current development in the Northern Region where some smallholder farmers are involved in the use of agrochemicals like pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers without complying with safety and security measures. This […]

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National Farmers’ Day Celebration: Farmers’ challenges and concerns

... — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 20:28:27 +0000

Ghana has just celebrated the 40th National Farmers’ day. National, Regional and District best farmers across the country were recognized at various categories and sectors. While some smiled with alacrity home some have also raised cocerns that will continue to be indelible in the history of the country if not tackled head-on. Farmers are the […]

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Acknowledging the vital contributions of a strong agricultural sector

... — Sat, 09 Nov 2024 19:36:25 +0000

The National Farmers Day, celebrated annually is in the right direction as farmers remain the backbone of the nation’s economy. Besides, their dedication and hardwork put food on the tables of millions of Ghanaians and it is therefore imperative for the nation to recognize and appreciate the contribution of her gallant farmers. As the country […]

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Ghana’s Food Security Challenges: Time to prioritise climate-resilient crops

... — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 12:45:08 +0000

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 2022 reported that an estimated 282 million people in Africa were undernourished, an increase of 57 million people since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The report revealed that approximately 868 million people were moderately or severely food insecure in Africa in 2022 with over one-third or 342 […]

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Climate change effects: woes of the female peasant farmer

... — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 19:20:28 +0000

Wrapped in a long sleeve over a pair of black trousers wielding a worn-out cutlass and a hoe, Madam Jackline Tanye, a peasant farmer at the Piree Community, reluctantly heads to her three-acre beans field, about 3km from her residence. With a gloomy face, an expression of disappointment and sadness, Madam Tanye, of about 45 […]

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