Jumuo Namaayi - Koyukuo village (Lawra District), Ghana

Jumuo Namaayi is a farmer from the village Koyukuo in Ghana. He describes how the rainy season has changed over the last few years and and its effects on the crops and fruit production. The fruits often don't ripen in time and diseases are more frequent he explains. This is causing villagers to migr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
Format: Video
Language:Inglés
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75072
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Summary:Jumuo Namaayi is a farmer from the village Koyukuo in Ghana. He describes how the rainy season has changed over the last few years and and its effects on the crops and fruit production. The fruits often don't ripen in time and diseases are more frequent he explains. This is causing villagers to migrate towards the south. A response has been to include new seed varieties that grow faster, introduced to him by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (AGRIC).