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Sesame – a cash crop for Ghana’s future?

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:17:12 +0000

Region:

Africa

Sector:

Agriculture

Country:

Ghana

Ghana has all the natural resources needed to make the highly nutritious sesame a future cash crop.

Protecting forest lands in Ghana through improved cocoa productivity

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:06:44 +0000

Region:

Africa, World

Sector:

Agriculture

Country:

Ghana

By producing higher yields from their lands Cocoa farmers’ co-operative KKFU will play their part to protect their forests and local biodiversity.

Promote food security in West and Central Africa

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:25:44 +0000

Region:

Africa

Country:

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, DR Congo, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Niger

SNV Practice Brief N°6 is now available from our library. The brief focuses on contextualized strategies and solutions that contribute to achieve food security for a fast increasing population in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Benin, DR Congo and Cameroon.

SNV in Africa: People, Partnership, Progress

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:55:42 +0000

Region:

Africa, World

Sector:

Agriculture, Renewable energy, Water, Sanitation & Hygiene

Program:

Inclusive Business

Country:

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia

A new publication opens a window on the struggles and successes of SNV's work around Africa.

Waste not, want not

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:47:47 +0000

Region:

Africa, World

Country:

Benin, Ghana, Mali

Recycling is helping solve Bamako’s waste problem – while bringing benefits to the capital’s poor.

Food security capability statement in West and Central Africa

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:17:56 +0000

Region:

Africa

Sector:

Agriculture

Country:

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, DR Congo, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Niger

SNV capability statement for food security in West and Central Africa is now available from the SNV publications library. The French and English PDF versions can be downloaded directly.

SNV and Kuapa Kokoo Cooperative sign MoU for the Cocoa-Eco Programme

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:20:58 +0000

Region:

Africa

Country:

Ghana

Twenty years ago SNV Ghana was instrumental in the establishment of the cocoa farmers’ cooperative Kuapa Kokoo. Today the cooperative has over 60,000 members and is one of the major players in Ghana’s cocoa industry. Cocoa is Ghana’s second most important export commodity (gold being no.1), contributing 10% to Ghana’s GDP. It provides income to 800,000 small farmers.

Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves establishes in Ghana

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:36:16 +0000

Region:

Africa

Sector:

Renewable energy

Country:

Ghana

The year started on a joint action for the Renewable Energy sector stakeholders in Ghana. This January, 53 stakeholders came together at the third General Assembly of the Ghana Alliance for Clean Cookstoves held at the SNV premises in Accra to formally inaugurate the alliance.

Gender and Agriculture

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:47:55 +0000

Region:

Africa, World, Asia

Sector:

Agriculture

Country:

Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, Uganda, Zambia, Bhutan, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Nepal

Addressing women’s participation in agricultural value chains.

The future is Now!

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:31:12 +0000

Region:

Africa

Country:

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, DR Congo, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal

From 17th-20th of September the 7th African Cashew Alliance Annual Conference was held in Cotonou Benin under the title “The future is now!”. SNV Benin and Guinea Bissau jointly participated in this big yearly meeting attracting continuously increasing numbers of traders, processors, producer organisations, business service providers, equipment manufacturers, bankers and funding institutions from all over the world.