Search Results - "Ghana"

Strengthening groundwater governance in Ghana: Knowledge, motivation & agency by Ringler, Claudia, Blackmore, Ivy, ElDidi, Hagar, Obuobie, Emmanuel, Akuriba, Margaret, Zhang, Wei, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

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Sustaining AKILIMO in Ghana: evidence, partnerships, and institutional pathways by Ogunsanmi, T., Ampadu-Boakye, T., Dotse, S.K., Mensah, N.A.

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Building a digital agronomy and soil hub for Ghana by Jizorkuwie, Abdul-latif Baamonyor, Yeboah, Patricia Amankwaa, Masoud, Jalaludeen, Ofosu-ampong, Kingsley, Abera, Wuletawu

“…Soil degradation and inefficient fetilizer use limit agricultural productivity in Ghana. To address this, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT is partnering with other agriculture and research institutions in developing a digital agronomy and soil hub to deliver location-specific fertilizer recommendations. …”
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Agricultural intensification as a strategy for climate mitigation in Ghana by Gockowski, J., Robiglio, Valentina, Muilerman, Sander, Agyeman, N.F.

“…In Ghana, as in many other tropical landscapes of West Africa, the expansion of extensive low input agriculture has resulted in significant deforestation with concomitant loss of biodiversity and greenhouse gas emissions. …”
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Africa RISING update on Ghana in 2012 and plans for 2013 by Larbi, Asamoah

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Water implications of large-scale land acquisitions in Ghana by Williams, Timothy O., Gyampoh, B., Kizito, Fred, Namara, Regassa E.

“…This paper examines the water dimensions of recent large-scale land acquisitions for biofuel production in the Ashanti, Brong-Ahafo and Northern regions of Ghana. Using secondary sources of data complemented by individual and group interviews, the paper reveals an almost universal lack of consideration of the implications of large-scale land deals for crop water requirements, the ecological functions of freshwater ecosystems and water rights of local smallholder farmers and other users. …”
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Africa RISING: Promoting sustainable intensification in northern Ghana by Pye-Smith, Charlie

“…This short photofilm presents some aspects of the work of Africa RISING in Ghana. It shows how it is helping farmers restore their degraded lands, increase crop and livestock production, and provide them with better incomes.Photos and story by Charlie Pye-Smith. …”
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Climate change, agriculture, and food-crop production in Ghana by Pinto, Alex de, Demirag, U., Haruna A, Koo, Jawoo, Asamoah M

“…Despite the recent transition to an industry and service sec- tors-led economy, agriculture still plays a fundamental role in Ghana. The sector comprises approximately 30 percent of the country’s GDP to date and employs approximately 50 percent of the population (10). …”
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Promising small-scale irrigation and fodder interventions in Ghana by Dittoh, Saa, Lefore, Nicole, Ayantunde, Augustine A.

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A nutrition cycle in Kumasi: Ghana case study by Cofie, Olufunke O.

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Multiple use water services in Ghana scoping study by Smits, S., Atengdem, J., Darteh, B., van Koppen, Barbara, Moriarty, P., Nyarko, K., Obuoubisa-Darko, A., Ofosu, Eric Antwi, Venot, Jean-Philippe, Williams, T.

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Site selection for the Africa RISING project in northern Ghana by Zhe Guo, Azzarri, Carlo

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Ghana’s poultry sector value chains and the impacts of HPAI by Mensah-Bonsu, A., Rich, Karl M.

“…The 2007 outbreak of HPAI in Ghana had a multitude of impacts on the livelihoods of poultry farmers and other actors in the poultry sector that have not been fully analyzed. …”
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Ghana: Naga women, ICTs and natural resource management by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Joana Francis Adda describes how an NGO in Ghana is using video equipment to enable women to devise community plans for natural resource management.…”
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Le Ghana privatise les exportations de cacao by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Le gouvernement ghanéen a annoncé la privatisation de la Product Buying Company qui centralise l’achat aux producteurs et l’exportation d’environ 70% du cacao récolté dans le pays. Le Ghana est le second producteur mondial avec 409 000 t de...…”
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Au Ghana, le GAINS en plein essor by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

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Au Ghana, les villageois protègent les mangroves by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

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Progress on implementation of an accelerated sweetpotato breeding scheme in Ghana. by Obeng-Bio, E., Asafu-Agyei, J.N., Adofo, K., Asamoah-Obeng, N., Awoodzie, J.K., Yusif, A., Carey, E.E.

“…The sweetpotato support platform for West Africa was established at the CSIR-Crops Research Institute in Kumasi, Ghana in early 2010 with the objective of supporting cultivar development in Ghana and elsewhere in West Africa through the development of adapted less sweet germplasm, and through a participatory approach. …”
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Ghana - Africa RISING Baseline Evaluation Survey Questionnaires by Carlo, A., Haile, Beliyou, Tinonin, C., Comanescu, M.

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Why Would She? Polygyny and Women's Welfare in Ghana by Ickowitz, A., Mohanty, L.

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