Key cashew producing countries in Africa are rolling out strategies to increase production and processing of raw cashew nuts.
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Ghana is losing out the booming global cashew industry in terms
of job and revenue generations.
Small-scale farmers use oxen to plough their farm in Kericho County, Kenya.
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Research questions the idea that getting commercial seeds and fertilisers to smallholder farmers will double yields and incomes.
Renewable energy technology holds promise for rural electrification.
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Current approaches to expand renewable energy in Ghana are not inclusive of the rural poor.
Chieftaincy holds pride of place in local administration in Ghana.
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Chieftaincy conflicts in northern Ghana have hindered development in the country.
Jamestown, Accra. The city’s authorities have done nothing to develop green spaces in the city’s slums.
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Ghanaian city authorities are focused on addressing problems of poverty, education and health rather than managing green spaces in slums
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Ghana’s ineffective land administration system has serious implications
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Eurobonds are costly for governments. But they are also attractive because investors buy them without preconditions.
Bush meat consumption is enjoying a renaissance in Ghana.
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For conservationists and the government, religion and culture could serve to discourage the overharvesting of bushmeat from the wild
Ghana’s real estate boom has focused on luxury housing.
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In the formal real estate industry, there is an emerging narrative that affordable housing deficits in African cities represent a vast untapped market
The Bui Dam is a tangible reminder of China’s influence in Ghana.
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China’s engagement with Ghana was solidified by its willingness to undertake an expensive project Western partners had run away from.
Ghanaian students attend a class in a madrasa or Muslim school.
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Although Ghana has not been affected by religious conflict, the ways youth from the Muslim minority relate to their nation is an important question.
Ghana’s population has expanded its data categories
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Ghana’s latest population census offers a window into the contested terrain of population statistics.
Vaccine confidence is essential if the pandemic is to be brought under control.
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Vaccinating a population requires a proactive approach to health promotion and community preparedness.
The full benefits of a majoritarian democracy are undermined by a winner takes all approach.
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The disturbance in Ghana’s parliament during the election of a speaker has raised questions about its current democratic system.
The carving of the Volta region into two was met with resistance.
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The decision to create new administrative units is grounded in split opinions
Ghanaian university students hope to return home after studies abroad.
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Ghanaian students are losing patience with the lack of opportunities after graduation.
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The porous borders of West Africa allow for the unregulated movement of thousands.
Technology has been key in tackling fraud.
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Countries have adopted a wide array of measures involving a proliferation of fraud agencies.
West African cocoa farmers are largely poor despite the value of their crop.
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Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire’s best option is to control and restrict supply instead of simply adding a price premium.
Ghana’s Green Revolution has not been as successful as portrayed.
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Realities on the ground tell a different story from the claim that a Green Revolution ensures food security and increased income for smallholder farmers in Ghana.