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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Gender and governance in agricultural extension services: insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia
<p>Three out of four poor people in the developing world live in rural areas, and most of them depend—directly or indirectly—on agriculture for their livelihoods. Providing economic services, such as agricultural extension, is essential for using agriculture for development.
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National economic, environment and development study for climate change: initial summary report
The UNFCCC Secretariat has published an initial summary report titled
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Africa's land and family farms- up for grabs?
<p>Over the years many Big Ideas have been imposed on Africa from outside. The latest is that the region should sell or lease millions of hectares of land to foreign investors, who will bring resources and up-to-date technology. None of the blueprints has worked, and African farmers have become increasingly impoverished.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.grain.org/seedling_files/seed-10-01-2.pdf" target="_blank">Original Source</a></strong></p>
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Lessons from a participatory transboundary water governance project in West Africa
This article draws on research the author carried out in Ghana and Burkina Faso to explore the impact of a transboundary water governance project on poor people
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Maldives opens Climate Vulnerable Forum with appeal for carbon neutrality
President Mohamed Nasheed, on Monday, called on fellow vulnerable, developing countries to embrace a carbon neutral future. He made the statement during his inaugural address to the
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Maldives opens Climate Vulnerable Forum with appeal for carbon neutrality
Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed called on fellow vulnerable, developing countries to embrace a carbon neutral future, during his inaugural address to the
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First malaria vaccine may be ready in 3 years
The most clinically advanced malaria vaccine so far should be ready for use in three to five years after phase three trials began in May, researchers said on Tuesday. The vaccine
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Declaration of the climate vulnerable forum
Maldives hosted a high-level climate change summit focusing on
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Just forest governance: how small learning groups can have big impact
Forests are power bases, but often for the wrong people. As attention turns from making an international deal on REDD to making it work on the ground, the hunt will be on for practical ways of shifting power over forests towards those who enable and pursue sustainable forest-linked livelihoods.
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Evidence for the emergence of new rice types of interspecific hybrid origin in West African farmers' fields
In West Africa two rice species (Oryza glaberrima Steud. and Oryza sativa L.) co-exist. Although originally it was thought that interspecific hybridization is impossible without biotechnological methods, progenies of hybridization appear to occur in farmer fields.