USAID-Trained Youth Climate Change Champions Capture Ghana’s Attention For Climate Action
In Ghana, the climate crisis looms as a critical threat to the future of its youngest citizens. According to UNICEF’s …
Enhancing Food Safety Practices in the Upper West Region of Ghana: Healthier Markets Lead to Healthier Lives
According to the World Health Organization, more than 600 million people fall ill globally every year, and 420,000 die from …
Three ACDI/VOCA Volunteers Honored with 2023 Charles Cox Awards
This year, ACDI/VOCA is recognizing three of our outstanding volunteers with the 2023 Charles Cox Excellence in Volunteerism Awards. These …
Ghana Poultry Project Overview Video
Access an overview video about the USDA Ghana Poultry Project here (December 2021).
Mechanization Helps Outgrower Business Owner Support 750 Farmers in Ghana
Fusseini Abubakar cultivates maize, rice, soybean, groundnut, and cowpea on his farm in the Karaga District of Ghana’s Northern Region. …
Young Ghanaian Business Owner Supports 300+ Farmers
Sulley Adams, 28, is an outgrower business owner living in Lagbensi, a village in the East Mamprusi District of Ghana’s …
Fati’s Story: From Smallholder Farmer to Outgrower Business Owner in Ghana
In April 2019, Fati Zakari, who lives in Nyong Yapalsi in the Karaga District of Ghana’s Northern Region, successfully became …
Ghana Poultry Project Partners with Private Firms to Expand Markets for Local Chicken
Amazingly, chicken that travels to Ghana from all over the world is still cheaper than locally produced chicken, due to …
Ghana Poultry Project Grant Supports Domestic Chicken Production
In Ghana, high production costs hinder the production of chicken, the country’s most popular meat. Augustine Amankwa, a poultry entrepreneur and CEO …
Boosting Women’s Entrepreneurship in Ghana
Women make up 70 percent of Ghana’s poultry labor force, yet only 7 percent own their own poultry farms. Edith Wheatland, 41, overcame the …
Cultivating Equality: Agribusiness Leaders Address Gender-based Inequalities in Northern Ghana
In Ghana, like many places in sub-Saharan Africa, women are underrepresented in the formal workforce and disadvantaged in agriculture. Women …
