Climate finance in Ghana
An analysis of climate finance flows in Ghana shows that an annual average of USD 830 million was tracked in 2019 and 2020. This is a meagre 5-9% of its required investment — estimated between USD 9.3-15.5
Ghana
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Country successes in reducing hunger: how they did it, and why other donors and governments should change policy
From 1970 to 1995 the world made progress in reducing the number of hungry people but the figure always remained above 750 million. Since then, the number has progressively risen, increasing to over a
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Melting chocolate: climate change threatens West Africa's cocoa dominance
Cocoa production will become increasingly difficult in the key growing regions of West Africa by 2030 because of climate change, according to a new study.
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African Countries Struggle To Fight Overfishing
Many countries in Africa are starting to turn the corner economically. With global economic powers looking for new sources of everything from minerals to food products, Africa has attracted heaps of investment
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Nestle Gives Farmers Disease-Resistant Cocoa Trees
Nestle on Wednesday ramped up its distribution of disease-resistant cocoa trees to farmers in Ivory Coast, part of a plan to boost productivity per hectare and improve the notoriously poor quality of the top grower's cocoa beans. The world's biggest food maker, which has distributed some 140,000 saplings since 2009, said it will hand out 600,000 saplings by the end of the month and a further on
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The seeds of an economy
<p>Biofuels could help poor nations modernize, but scaling up aid supported projects to commercial operations is far from easy.</p> <p>http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v474/n7352_supp/full/474S018a.html</p>
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Vitamin A supplementation does not improve maternal survival
A cluster-randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was undertaken in 7 districts of the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana to assess the effect of weekly, low dose vitamin A supplementation in women
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More money for small farmers
<p>When shopping for food, ever more consumers in rich nations pay attention not only to prices, appearance and flavour. They also consider environmental and social aspects. Therefore, certifications of organic production, fair-trade practices or regional origin often lead to a premium in the marketplace and can benefit small-scale farmers.
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Protecting environmentally displaced people: developing the capacity of legal and normative frameworks
Based on evidence collected in four exemplar countries – Kenya, Bangladesh, Ghana and Vietnam – the overall aim of the study is to investigate the capacity of national legal frameworks to protect and mediate
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Stagnant health technologies in Africa
In Madina village, outside Accra, Ghana, children tease each other about whose urine has a redder color. Apart from being strikingly thin, they look healthy. Yet they could be affected by Schistosoma haematobium,
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UPA 1 scam back to haunt UPA 2: CBI to probe PSU fraud in Africa rice exports
In the season of scams, list another one: the Central Bureau of Investigation has been asked to probe allegations of corruption and fraud in the