Implementation of a project to help farmers reduce post harvest losses and improve sustainable nutrition for all has started at Dorimon in the Wa West District of the Upper West Region. It is being funded by the Ministry of foreign Affairs through SNV Netherlands Development Organization in partnership with the International Food Policy Research Institute … Read more
Government will be collaborating with the Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) and the Grains Development Board to overcome the deficit in the supply of seeds for the ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ programme. The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has noted that the next stage of the scheme will engage over 500,000 farmers, up … Read more
BY: Ivor Agyeman-Duah If Ghana’s 60-year-old post-colonial economy had a human form, it could be on retirement with an ambivalent score. For what is it that blows cold today and hot tomorrow? Ten years ago, in an attempt to better understand it, I assembled a galaxy of 20 economists, development specialists, politicians and diplomats to … Read more
The Northern Development Society (NORDESO), has begun a five-year advocacy project dubbed: “Voice for Change (V4C)” in the Yendi Municipality and Mion District in the Northern Region. The Netherlands Development Organization (SNV), is spearheading the project aimed at enhancing the lobbying skills of civil society groups, and to enable them demand accountability from duty bearers. … Read more
Grameen Ghana, has interacted with stakeholders in some selected communities in the Nanumba North district of the Northern Region, at a sensitization programme on how to improve food security and nutrition through evidence based advocacy with government and the private sector. This was part of a five-day programme with support from the Dutch government through the … Read more
1.3 million Kenyans in 23 counties are in need of food aid – Report Despite the progress Kenya has made in reducing hunger, it is among 50 countries where levels of hunger remain serious or alarming, a new global report reveals. Kenya’s score of 22 places it at number 72 out of a list of … Read more
The global community is not on course to end hunger by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) deadline of 2030, authors a new report on hunger trends across the world have warned. The report – Global Hunger Index 2016 – notes that although the developing world has made substantial progress in reducing hunger among … Read more