Voices from the field

IFAD in Ghana: voices from the field

In Ghana, rewards continue long after programme officially closes

Thanks to an IFAD-supported programme in north-east Ghana, women’s groups are still building their small-scale ruminant-breeding businesses, feeding their families and sending their children to school 13 years on. Their success inspired other women in the region to follow suit. The programme also had a number of spin-off successes, including the development of three improved varieties of cassava, the nation’s staple crop, which led to a nationwide programme for roots and tubers.

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Heads of FAO, IFAD and WFP work together to fight hunger and poverty in Ghana

The heads of the three Rome-based food and agriculture agencies of the United Nations – the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and the World Food Programme (WFP) – visited Ghana’s food insecure northern region last week to find better ways to work together to fight hunger and poverty in the country.

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Land conservation and smallholder rehabilitation in Ghana

With poor soils, erratic rainfall and one of the highest population densities, Ghana's Upper East Region is the country's most impoverished area. In 1987, 97% of residents in the area lived below the poverty line; frequent droughts and high food insecurity forced many men to migrate south seeking work as seasonal labourers. One clear solution, to achieve greater food security and allow farmers to earn a living from their land during the dry season was to use low-lying lands as reservoirs by building dykes and dams.

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