Ghana

ILRI Projects in Ghana

Mar 2019Jun 2022

Transforming the vaccine delivery system in Ghana: identifying approaches that benefit women

Testing innovative approaches to vaccine delivery This project will test two innovative approaches for vaccine delivery — one gender accommodative and one gender transformative — by adapting CARE’s Gender Transformative Farmer Field and Business School approach to facilitating women’s sustained...

Jan 2010May 2013

Volta Basin Development Challenge: integrated management of rainwater for crop-livestock agro-ecosystems

Given the economic, social and environmental vulnerability due to high water scarcity and variability in the basin, improvements in rainwater management are needed for ensuring sustainable and equitable benefits. This project intends to identify, evaluate, adapt, and disseminate best-fit integrated...

ILRI News in Ghana

Africa RISING feed

04 Oct 2021

No technician? No problem: Africa RISING releases 35 vernacular DIY videos on maintenance of maize shelling machines for use by farmers in Ghana

It is estimated that smallholder farmers in northern Ghana face postharvest losses ranging between 30–50% of the yields obtained in each cropping cycle. While northern Ghana has a great potential to be a breadbasket region for the country, with almost all crops grown in the country capable of being...

Africa RISING communications

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Africa RISING feed

20 Jul 2021

BRIEF FOCUS: Cowpea living mulch for food security and soil health

Intercropping cowpea as a living mulch with maize improves food security and dietary diversity. It also conserves soil moisture, adds soil nitrogen, and suppresses weed growth. This four-page brief, prepared by Nurdeen Abdul Rahman, Fred Kizito and Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon of the International...

Africa RISING communications

Africa RISING feed

15 Jul 2021

BRIEF FOCUS: Feed and health package for improved small ruminant production

Based on a new, locally available feed, less wastage, and better veterinary care, the feed and health package improves farmers’ food security and incomes by increasing livestock productivity. This four-page brief, prepared by Augustine Ayantunde of the International Livestock Research Institute (...

Africa RISING communications

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Publications in Ghana

Journal Article

Published2021

Productivity nutritive value and economic potential of irrigatedf odder in two regions of Ghana

Journal Article

Published2022

Examining the synergistic effect of cocoa-plantain intercropping system on gross margin: A system dynamics modelling approach

Report

Published2021

International Livestock Research Institute

Ghana

ILRI Projects in Ghana

Transforming the vaccine delivery system in Ghana: identifying approaches that benefit women

Volta Basin Development Challenge: integrated management of rainwater for crop-livestock agro-ecosystems

ILRI News in Ghana

No technician? No problem: Africa RISING releases 35 vernacular DIY videos on maintenance of maize shelling machines for use by farmers in Ghana

BRIEF FOCUS: Cowpea living mulch for food security and soil health

BRIEF FOCUS: Feed and health package for improved small ruminant production

Publications in Ghana

Productivity nutritive value and economic potential of irrigatedf odder in two regions of Ghana

Examining the synergistic effect of cocoa-plantain intercropping system on gross margin: A system dynamics modelling approach

Scaling Scan Report: Ghana Livestock Vaccine Innovation Fund Project

Upgrading Village Chicken Value Chains in Ghana: An Application of Spatial Group Model Building

The competitiveness of beef exports from Burkina Faso to Ghana

Assessing the effect of improved feed trough on feed utilization by small ruminants in northern Ghana

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Augustine A. Ayantunde

Nelly Njiru

Murat Sartas

Joshua Aboah

Kanar Dizyee