World Vision Ghana THRIVE Project to Accelerate SDGs Achievement in Ghana


World Vision Ghana will roll out an ambitious project in April to accelerate Ghana’s achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The project, dubbed “Transforming Household Resilience in Vulnerable Environments (THRIVE),” is envisioned to build secure and resilient livelihoods in the poorest communities in the Northern, Upper East, Upper West, and Savannah regions of Ghana.

Can irrigation and water management technologies accelerate cocoa production in the changing climate? The possibility!


Cocoa is one of the leading export commodities, backing and sustaining Ghana’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Together, cocoa, crude oil, and gold are three major export commodities that generate about 80% of Ghana’s export revenue.

Climate Change Programme Assembles Research Scientists, Development Practitioners to Make Climate Change Interventions Less Conflictive in Africa


By Francis Npong, Ghana In response to increasing climate variability, national governments, international organizations and NGOs are currently implementing new…

Climate Change Adaptation: New Improved Cassava Gives Hope to Rural Farmers in Ghana


Rural poor smallholder farmers in Ghana’s countryside have adopted new and improved cassava as part of climate change adaptation. The vitamin A cassava is a product of SARI and introduced to farmers by ALP

10 Female Teachers Selected for ICT Training Fellowship


Francis Npong Education is one of the most important aspects of human resource development. Poor teaching methodologies do not only…

Dishonour Corrupt Leaders-Zan Akologo


The Executive Secretary of the Department of Human Development of the National Catholic Secretariat, Mr Samuel Akologo Zan has advocated naming and shaming of corrupt leaders to reduce Ghana’s corruption perception index rating.

According to him, to reduce corruption in the country Ghanaian citizens must take bold steps to not only name and shame corrupt leaders but reward honesty and integrity.

Mr. Zan who was speaking at the 21st Denmark Seminar event organized by Ghana Developing Communities Association (GDCA) a Nongovernmental organization based in the Northern Region said the refusal by Ghanaians to accept the existence of corruption hinders progress in the fight against the canker.

Sheini Iron Ore: MPs task Mineral Commission to Investigate Mining Coys


The Parliamentary Select Committee on Energy and Mines have put pressure on the Mineral Commission of Ghana to investigate the…

Bring Cardero Resources to Book: Sheini Communities Urge Government


Briefing paper: Released by Media Advocates for Sustainable Environment (MASE) MINING IN SHEINI 24/01/2014            …

MASE REPORT ON SHEINI IRON ORE PROJECT


MASE REPORT ON SHEINI IRON ORE PROJECT Francis Npong Background: Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of Ghana initiated a project to…

Community Climate Change Adaptation: CARE leads the Way in Africa


Mahama Aminatu, a 27-year old mother is a resident of Jawani, a farming community in the East Mampurusi District of…

Ghana must brace for future calamity and leadership crisis


When Judas Iscariot was asked to join Jesus’ ministry, he was already engaged in money-making. He is thought to have hailed from a family with ties to terrorism, theft, and a fanatical Jewish sect that was obsessed with accumulating fortune at any cost.
Judas humbly made a bid for a more lucrative role in Jesus’ ministry: finance. Judas was given money for the ministry and was stealing from it, according to John 12:6. He had no one to answer to, not even his master, Jesus Christ. Jesus’ ministry was increasingly less concerned with accumulating wealth because it was more concerned with saving souls, changing the law, and laying the groundwork for the gospel to triumph.

Booing Nana Addo Akuffo: Expressing Sentiments of a Failed Leadership and System


Today I am intruding into matters of a national nature: the governance and leadership of President Nana Akuffo Addo. Despite the political climate of fear and institutionalized political terrorism, I am inspired by Nana Addo’s invitation to all citizens to be “responsible citizens; not spectators” to express my opinion.

Ghanaian Rural Women Navigate Climate Crisis Through Art


World Vision uses systematic approaches that integrate different but complementary activities to ensure sustained household food security and economically empower households. One such approach is FMNR, an agroforestry methodology that integrates crop production with tree growth through shrub and tree stump pruning. It contributes to restoring degraded landscapes, increasing tree populations, reducing water and wind erosion of soil, improving soil nutrients, and improving moisture retention.

Investment in water, energy, technologies and public-private partnership solutions to sustainable vegetable farming in northern Ghana


All it will take to develop sustainable vegetable farming, build farmers’ resilience, reduce poverty and enhance the income and livelihood of farmers’ households is to enable access to reliable water and energy infrastructure and technologies. Read more…