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MTN Ghana, partners plant 1,666 trees to restore Chipa Forest Reserve

... — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 11:16:13 +0000

MTN Ghana, in partnership with the Forestry Commission and Rainforest Alliance, has undertaken a tree-planting exercise to restore degraded sections of the Chipa Forest Reserve. The initiative forms part of MTN Ghana’s commitment to environmental sustainability and supports efforts to protect Ghana’s natural ecosystems for future generations. It was undertaken under MTN Ghana’s “Doing for […]

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Rainforest Alliance report highlights Ghana’s regenerative agriculture success

... — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 13:48:46 +0000

Farmers, local authorities, and businesses across Ghana in 2025, positioned the country as one of the strongest examples of regenerative agriculture in action, according to the Rainforest Alliance’s newly released 2025 Annual Report, Regeneration Takes Root. According to the report, farmers, local authorities and businesses in Ghana, planted 1.3 million trees in 2025, bringing more than 181,000 hectares of cocoa-growing landscapes […]

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MSMEs showcase green innovations at Rainforest Alliance exhibition

... — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:21:57 +0000

The Rainforest Alliance has organised an exhibition event for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to promote the growth of green businesses in the Western North Region. The event, held under its Landscape Driven Resilience and Income Strategies for Community Empowerment (LANDRISE) project, brought together MSMEs from Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai, Wiawso, Akontombra, Bodi, Juaboso and […]

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Over 50 farmers, five VSLA Groups receive livelihood support in Western North

... — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:44:11 +0000

Rainforest Alliance, an international non-government organisation (NGO), through its mobilised Resilient Fund has presented start up-kits to more than 50 individual farmers and five Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) groups in the Western North Region. The farmers and VSLA groups are in the Bibiani -Anhwiaso -Bekwai, Wiawso Municipalities and the Akontombra and Bodi Districts. The support is part of efforts to promote economic resilience among coca farmers in the face of challenging climatic conditions as well as to secure improved livelihoods for cocoa farmers and increase tree cover in the forest zone. […]

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EU LEAN Project ends with one million trees planted, 250,000 hectares restored

... — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 09:31:20 +0000

The implementation of the Landscapes and Environmental Agility across the Nation (LEAN) project has ended with the planting of one million trees and seedlings across various regions, contributing to reforestation. It has also improved biodiversity across 250,000 hectares under sustainable land management and contributed to environmental and natural resources management and building rural communities’ […]

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Ghana Cooperative Cocoa Farmers Association paves way for stronger farmers’ voice

... — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 15:29:25 +0000

Smallholder cocoa farmers in Ghana are poised to gain a stronger voice in decision-making processes within the cocoa sector, with the establishment of the Ghana Cooperative Cocoa Farmers and Marketing Association. Through this Association, cocoa producers are consolidating their efforts and creating an effective advocacy organization for a stronger voice at the community, national, and […]

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Over 120 farmers participate in Rainforest Alliance’s business forum, exhibition

... — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 20:32:14 +0000

Rainforest Alliance, an International Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), through the LEAN Project, has held an exhibition and business forum for more than 120 farmers from the Bibiani- Anhwiaso- Bekwai municipality in the Western North Region. The LEAN Project, co-founded by the European union (EU), is geared towards supporting national efforts to conserve biodiversity, improve the livelihoods […]

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LEAN project focuses on scaling up Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration

... — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 09:29:36 +0000

The consortium implementing the Landscapes and Environmental Agility across the Nation (LEAN) project has advocated the integration and scaling up of the Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) approach to restore degraded lands and mitigate effects of climate change. The FMNR is an evolution of conventional agriculture, reducing water and other input use, preventing land degradation […]

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About 200 smallholder farmers undergo entrepreneurial development skill training

... — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 21:29:45 +0000

About 200 smallholder farmers in the Western North Region have undergone entrepreneurial development skill training to empower them to set up alternative businesses to enhance their livelihoods. They were trained in snail, pig, and fish farming as well as honey production. At the end of the training, the beneficiaries were given start up kits to […]

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Rainforest Alliance working to tackle child labour in cocoa growing communities

... — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 21:25:46 +0000

The Rainforest Alliance, a non-governmental organization working to tackle forced and child labour in cocoa growing and mining communities in Ghana has stepped up efforts to deepen commitments and actions towards clamping down the menace. Under a Norad funded project, the organisation is working in cocoa and gold mining communities to protect and support children […]

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Rainforest Forest Alliance trains cocoa farmers to monitor survival rate of trees seedlings

... — Fri, 25 Nov 2022 21:50:14 +0000

Rainforest Forest Alliance, a non -government organisation with support from RICK STEVES’ Europe project, have trained and empowered cocoa farmers to monitor the survival and growth rates of trees planted under the green Ghana project. Mr. Emmanuel Bawuah Antwi, Project Coordinator and Senior Associate at Rainforests Alliance, at a stakeholder engagement in Wiawso, said enumerator […]

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Cocoa and livestock farmers in Datano commend Rainforest Alliance

... — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 19:18:25 +0000

Some local cocoa and livestock farmers at Datano, a farming community at Sefwi Wiawso in the Western North Region of Ghana have expressed their appreciation to the Rainforest Alliance for building their capacities. They also thanked them for helping them to achieve maximum yields and higher incomes from their agricultural businesses. In separate interviews, Mr. […]

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