Reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) suggest that agricultural yields will suffer negative consequences of climate change if no serious intervention is carried out (IPCC, 2007). Studies have ...

Large dams were central to policy making in Ghana and the rest of Africa in the early postcolonial period as part of the quest for development, framed in terms of the socioeconomic and cultural modernisation that ...

In Ghana the main vegetables grown include tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum), onion (Allium cepa L.), shallots (Allium cepa var ascalonicum Don), pepper, okra, garden eggs, Kontomire (cocoyam leaves), Carrots, (Cowpea leaves, ...

The extensive small ruminant production system is characterized by disease outbreaks, shortage of feed and limited availability of water. Secondly, the crop and livestock systems are not effectively integrated to promote ...

Le projet « WISE UP to climate » vise à démontrer l’utilité des infrastructures naturelles comme une « solution basée sur la nature » pour l’adaptation au changement climatique et le développement durable. Dans le bassin ...

After a period of relative stagnation in the 1990s, agricultural research and development (R&D) spending in Ghana increased dramatically after 2002. In 2008, Ghana spent 352 billion cedis or 95 million PPP dollars on ...

Low inherent soil fertility has been identified as a major cause for low rice yield in Sub-Saharan Africa (Buri et al., 2004; Senayah, et al., 2008; Buri et al., 2009; Issaka et al., 2009; Abe et al., 2010). The problem ...

Simulation modeling is a robust technique that speeds up our understanding of the interaction of crop, soil, environment and management (CSEM) to attain food security by increasing agricultural productivity. Crop models ...