Management and conservation of natural resources in Northern Ghana- Adopting the PES module By Samuel Adadi Akapule The Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions have the highest incidence of poverty, food insecurity and the least climate resilient. As smallholder farmers, decreasing annual rainfall, erratic rainfall patterns due to climate change are affecting rural livelihoods … Read more
The Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions have the highest incidence of poverty, food insecurity and the least climate resilient. As smallholder farmers, decreasing annual rainfall, erratic rainfall patterns due to climate change are affecting rural livelihoods adversely. For instance, the Upper East Region, which falls within the Sudan Savanna zone, is known for … Read more
Tigo Ghana, in partnership with international NGO, Reach for Change, have launched its annual competition, the Tigo Digital Changemakers Award. The competition aims at identifying and supporting social entrepreneurs with digital tools and technology to improve the lives of children across the country. For 2016, Tigo is looking for innovations that focus on education, broadening … Read more
Local inland fishermen across the country are to adopt alternative fishing practices towards the conservation of the depleting fish stock in a move that seeks to sustain their livelihood. The fishermen who have come together to form the Volta Inland Fishermen Association [VIFA], have resolved to use aquaculture, animal husbandry and dry season farming to … Read more
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has called for the political parties and their supporters, to focus on realistic diagnosis of the economic challenges facing the people and find solutions. Mr. Arthur Wilson, Deputy Ashanti Regional Director of the Commission, said the election campaign should be issue-based. He indicated that it was through this … Read more
Drama unfolded at a forum organized in the New Juaben Municipality of the Eastern region Thursday when the New Juaben Municipal Director of the National Commission for Civic Education, NCCE, Peter Larweh stormed out of a meeting when he was requested by participants to speak the Twi language. Reports say the irate NCCE regional director … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) has signalled that immediately it gets the certified results at the polling station it will declare them. It said after this process if a trouble maker decided to snatch or destroy a ballot box it would have been in the bosom of the commission already. These were disclosed by the Regional … Read more
The number of people in need of food assistance in north-eastern Nigeria has risen to 4.5 million, nearly twice as many as in March, according to a mid-August analysis (Cadre Harmonisé) by various agencies including the UN World Food Programme (WFP). A worsening economy could see this figure rise by a further million as early … Read more
We are all familiar with the stereotype of the young entrepreneur; technology whizz kids with all the latest mobile devices and the ability to multitask as they type hundreds of words a minute. Sage’s Walk With Me report (http://APO.af/YnHEo3), – which examines the key characteristics, attitudes and behaviours of young entrepreneurs around the world – … Read more
Available statistics show that a total of 1,296 girls in the country were defiled, while 335 other women were raped in 2014 alone, according to the Police Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU). Mrs. Christiana Ankamah, Ashanti Regional Director of the Gender, Children and Social Protection Ministry, who revealed the startling figures, said 17,778 … Read more
Greater Accra Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service has indicated that the fast killing cholera is far from over in the region and so the public should take extra precautions. Linda Van-Otoo blamed the ceaseless cholera cases recorded at the various infirmaries to the rains, which she noted contaminate drinking water and foods with … Read more
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended to people to find different ways of greeting, apart from handshake, to reduce the chances of contracting the Ebola virus. It also advised people to wash their hands regularly with soap under running water as part of hygiene etiquette to avoid the Ebola virus and other contagious diseases. … Read more
The Greater Accra Regional Office of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) is investigating the production and sale of marijuana laced biscuits in the Ashaiman municipality, a suburb of the Greater Accra region of Ghana. According to officials, the biscuits, which were being produced locally, were also being offered for sale to unsuspecting members of the … Read more