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
The Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) has aligned its medium-term development plan, the SADA Master Plan, with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development (SDGs) to make it easier for the zone and the entire country to meet and exceed the global goals. In the plan, which is to be executed over a 25-year period, the 17 … Read more
President John Mahama officially launched the 2016 manifesto of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Sunyani on Saturday. With all the stalwarts of the party present, the 80-page document titled “Changing Lives, Transforming Ghana” was publicly outdoored in a magnificent style at the Sunyani Coronation Park. This was done some four days after President John … Read more
A number of happenings over the last few weeks have got me thinking about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that more than 190 world leaders adopted at the United Nations general assembly meeting last year to replace the expired Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). First, the award the Ghana Journalists Association gave me as the best … Read more
A number of happenings over the last few weeks have got me thinking about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that more than 190 world leaders adopted at the United Nations general assembly meeting last year to replace the expired Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). First, the award the Ghana Journalists Association gave me as the best … Read more
Ghana was part of the 189 countries that came together in the year 2000 to face the future and brig to end Famine, Draught, Poverty, Wars, and Plagues. Leaders from all the 189 countries with the help and support of UNDP came up with a plan that will see to them fighting these menaces by … Read more
Humankind was created to dwell in a clean environment and earn his livelihood from economic resources in their immediate environment. The friction between the environment and the economy is becoming a big threat to our future. The necessary steps, policies and individual effort need to be maximized to grease or oil the interrelation between the … Read more