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Resources for Ghana

  1. Photo Essay: FMNR Restores Termite Harvesting as Poultry Feed in Talensi, Ghana

    2019-07-24 Over the past 35 years, Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) has restored forests on millions of hectares of land in at least 24 countries. FMNR has also had some surprising results. For example, the introduction of FMNR in the Talensi District of Northern Ghana has boosted farmers’ local...
    Termites FMNR Chicken feed

  2. Determination of Harvest Maturity for Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Fruit by Non-Destructive Criteria

    Abu, M. , Olympio, N. and Darko, J. (2021) Determination of Harvest Maturity for Mango (Mangifera indicaL.) Fruit by Non-Destructive Criteria.Agricultural Sciences,12, 1103-1118. doi:10.4236/as.2021.1210071. Haden, Kent, Palmer, and Keitt mango varieties were studied to establish the relationship...

  3. Fruit trees in arid areas of Ghana

    Ghana has a population of about 30 million people. There are slightly over 1,200 edible plant species currently growing in Ghana. But life gets more difficult in the drier Sahel zone to the north of the country. There are possibly 4-5 million people who live in this more arid zone. Tree are...

  4. African Farm Management

    1988-01-19 Farm management is the study and application of the principles of economics, management, and agriculture to farm production within a particular environment. A farm management text written for an African audience, therefore, includes management and economic principles and applications from the...
    East Africa West Africa

  5. Types of indigenous vegetables consumed, preparation, preferences and perceived benefits in Ghana

    Atuna, R.A., Djah, J., Achaglinkame, M.A.et al.Types of indigenous vegetables consumed, preparation, preferences and perceived benefits in Ghana.J. Ethn. Food9, 38 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42779-022-00154-3 Indigenous vegetables (IVs) are rich sources of essential nutrients, particularly...

  6. IDE - International Development Enterprises

    iDE is a global team of 1,200 changemakers coming from diverse backgrounds within international development and the private sector. What we all have in common is the belief that one entrepreneur can change their community and millions can change the world. Our work stands out in the international...

  7. Useful Plants of Ghana: West African Uses of Wild and Cultivated Plants

    Kew botanists have studied African plants for two centuries, and are now co-operating with Practical Action Publishing to produce this book which will be a constant source of interest and reference internationally. The book, while of great interest to specialists, is aimed at the average reader....
    Useful Plants Economic Resources Ghana Botany West Africa

  8. Solar Drying: A Means of Improving the Quality of Peanuts in Ghana

    Abstract, Peanut Science, 2018 An indirect, passive, wooden dryer, with a galvanized steel panel (4.5 m2 ) and four wire mesh shelves (2.62 m2 each), was constructed in Kumasi, Ghana. The dryer was evaluated for its capacity in drying of freshly-harvested in-shell peanuts on a single layer (8.5...
    Ghana Peanut Solar Drying

  9. Horticulture Industry in Ghana

    2015-03-26 The horticulture sub-sector is a very important segment of Agriculture. It plays a vital role in income generation, foreign exchange earnings, employment and food security The horticulture sub-sector has the potential for the needed diversification of the exports base, modernization of...
    West Africa

  10. SAWBO - Tuberculosis Prevention

    Tuberculosis is a common infection and contagious disease caused by a bacterium that usually lodges in the lungs. These 4 minutes and 31 seconds give general information about this disease and provide an important message: TB is treatable and curable. The video also illustrates some significant...
    SAWBO Human Health Tuberculosis

  11. Maneera sa orapiha matata anhu ni elomwe

    Orapiha matata, ari manera aphama okasopha owetchiha acitchu ni iretcha. Matata ni o?u?u, aakhala ni owera sa waatesa acitchu ni iretcha sa on?voreiha mutchu nari orakhiha iretcha waakinanku. acitchu sintoco mihaco, iviru, anamalha aphome, ekhura ni makhurwa a wootcha akhala muvolowa nmwilini...
    SAWBO Human Health Washing hands

  12. Okowara wa mahi ni makhala

    Evitiyu elaa enaleeliha merelo ohiyana-hiyana anapakiwa wokowarani mahi elapeliwaka makhala ni ehaava mwilapone inatchimakela oreela. merelo okweya anakhavihera ovihamo ikokhola sawatcha, wohikhala sothene inaphanheya nmahini iya ikhanle otannha ni mukina olika makatchamiho ya ekumi.
    SAWBO Charcoal Water Filters

  13. Towards bamboo agroforestry development in Ghana: evaluation of crop performance, soil properties and economic benefit

    Abstract, ICRISAT, 2020 In the quest to promote bamboo agroforestry in the dry semi-deciduous forest zone of Ghana, we evaluated changes in soil properties, crop productivity and the economic potential of a bamboobased intercropping system. The intercropping system was established from 3-months...

  14. Sustainable Land Management Practices and Technical and Environmental Efficiency among Smallholder Farmers in Ghana

    Abstract,Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2020 The study examines the effects of adoption of sustainable land management practices on farm households’ technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency, using household-level data from Ghana. We employ selectivity...
    Ghana West Africa

  15. Muretche wa asitchu wa inuku sa Nim ni Elomwe

    Kompostu ya muretche opakeyeene okhala opwanheya mwiinukuni sa nim okhalaka wa opopheliwa nmatchani orimo solima wi nakihere onanarihiwa wa solima ni asitchu. amunuutu alaa apili ni emeya evitiyu elaa enaleeliha miruku sa okhalano,othanlela, oviiha inuku sa nim nmakate mwaya, wumiha, ochila,...
    Pest Management Natural Pesticides Neem SAWBO Insecticide JCB

  16. SAWBO - Improved Method of Shea Butter Processing

    Shea butter is an ivory colored or yellowish fat that is extracted from nuts of the shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa), which is found in West Africa. Shea butter is used in cosmetics including moisturizer as well as foods such as chocolate. Additionally, it has been used in medicinal ointments....
    Shea Butter SAWBO Postharvest

  17. How to Remove the Poison from Cassava Flour

    Cassava is a staple food for over 800 million people in approximately 80 countries, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, but also in Asia, the Pacific and South America. Cassava contains cyanogens, which protect against pests and predators by producing cyanide. So-called bitter varieties produce more...
    Cassava SAWBO Cyanide

  18. Wikasopa mwa efepiri ya ntchalo ni Elomwe

    Efepiri ya ntchalo eretcha enalikiwa ni mwasitchu onavukiwa ni atchu wanthowa na olunmwa ni tupusi amwamuhiyana anitchaniwa Aedes aegipty ni atupusi ya maloko makina. Sawona sa eretcha elaa iri: oviha wa mwili, othukumela, ovoreya wa misiphe, ovoreya wa muru, ohitchuna otcha, naaruru ni orapheya....
    SAWBO Human Health Yellow Fever Prevention

  19. The Role of Good Post-Harvest Management Practices in the Development of the Agriculture Sector in Ghana

    Abstract,Trends & Prospects in Post Harvest Management of Horticultural Crops, 2018 The field of agriculture in Ghana struggles to provide the required ratios of food supply to the Ghanaian citizens due to the high rise in post-harvest losses at the farm, wholesale and retail levels. Despite...
    Post Harvest Ghana

  20. Nutritional Characteristics of Four Underutilized Edible Wild Fruits of Dietary Interest in Ghana

    Abstract, Foods, 2019 Malnutrition has been a serious issue in Ghana and Africa as a whole. However, the potential of many indigenous fruits to combat it has not yet been tested. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the nutritional characteristics of four underutilized wild fruits (Gardenia...
    Underutilized Crops

  21. The Nubian Vault Association

    AVN deploys an innovatory model of development based on the principle that it is better to “ ...teach a man how to fish rather than give him fish”, applied to the entire structure of the housing market and the construction sector. If it is better to teach people how to build a house rather than...
    Nubian Vault

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