Tagged with "Ghana"

  • “Agriculture is business!” – Enabling Young Women to Grow Fonio in Northern Ghana

      Muneratu Salifu, a 30-year-old farmer, recently started cultivating fonio on a commercial basis. She was informed by an agricultural extension officer about the ready market and…

    “Agriculture is business!” – Enabling Young Women to Grow Fonio in Northern Ghana
  • IDH Regenerative Agriculture Field Day Exhibitions

    Value Chain transformation has the mission of transforming value chains into more viable, inclusive and resilient ones, and when we talk about resilience, we talk about the environmental element: this…

    IDH Regenerative Agriculture Field Day Exhibitions
  • Implementing the European regulation on deforestation-free products: Solutions for the palm oil, cocoa and coffee sectors

    While the EU regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR) is an important step towards combatting deforestation globally, it will come at a cost to operators selling products on the EU market. And it may lead them to adopt sourcing strategies that exclude smallholder farmers from their supply chains. However, smallholder farmers’ inclusion in European supply chains is key to ensuring they are not left to sell to other markets at a lower price – thereby jeopardizing their livelihoods and, ultimately, forests. The optimal way forward is to allow them to benefit from access to the European market and to leverage the regulation as an incentive to keep forests intact. The timing for developing effective interventions is limited and should rely on the solutions that have already been tried and tested. IDH has co-designed with the private sector a number of programs to ensure that the EUDR will not incentivize disengagement from areas with high deforestation risks, nor the exclusion of the most marginalized smallholder farmers from European supply chains. These solutions are designed through public-private collaborative processes, and aim to be replicated and brought to scale over the coming years.

    Implementing the European regulation on deforestation-free products: Solutions for the palm oil, cocoa and coffee sectors
  • Green Field Day durbar in Bolgatanga

      The Grains for Growth Program (G4G) team participated in a Green Field Day durbar in Bolgatanga, Ghana. The event was organised by U3 Agrinet, a…

    Green Field Day durbar in Bolgatanga
  • Ghana Cocoa & Forests Initiative 2022 Annual Report

    Ghana Cocoa & Forests Initiative 2022 Annual Report
  • SDM Case Study: Tamanaa, Ghana

    Tamanaa is a grains processor with a diversified sourcing channel mix, and is one of the SMEs that is supported under the Grains for Growth program. Their goal is…

    SDM Case Study: Tamanaa, Ghana
  • SDM Case Study: AMAATI, Ghana

    AMAATI is a Ghanaian social enterprise that pioneered the revival of fonio in Northern Ghana, and is one of the SMEs that is supported under the Grains for Growth…

    SDM Case Study: AMAATI, Ghana
  • SDM case study: Rujo Agri-Trade, Ghana

    Ghana ranks 59th out of 83 rice producing countries globally with average 3MT/ha paddy productivity compared to a global average of 4.66MT/ha. The low productivity is attributed to poor quality…

    SDM case study: Rujo Agri-Trade, Ghana
  • IDH Ghana, with the support of Swiss SECO, continues on the path to Land ownership in one of the most critical cocoa regions

    On May 10th 2023, the IDH Ghana team organized a high-level “Consultative Meeting with Ahafo Regional House of Chiefs and Key Stakeholders” to discuss the critical components of land title…

    IDH Ghana, with the support of Swiss SECO, continues on the path to Land ownership in one of the most critical cocoa regions
  • Transforming Ghana’s Rice Sector: Stepping Up with Inclusive Solutions

    All photos from the Ghana Rice Fair, February 1-2, 2023 Recently, the IDH Ghana Team helped to co-organize the country’s Rice Fair. Key stakeholders in the public and private sector…

    Transforming Ghana’s Rice Sector: Stepping Up with Inclusive Solutions