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IPON Research Network

Ghana

Ghanian partners have actively collaborated with the Dagaaba Indigenous people in 30 communities since the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Country Context

Food Systems Characteristics

Rain-fed subsistence agriculture, pastoralism, hunting and gathering, freshwater fishing and dry season vegetable gardening.

Climate & Environmental Stress

Changes in precipitation pattern, droughts, floods, excessive warming conditions, and emergence of new invasive species that destroy crops.

Social Stress

Land tunure insecurity and patriachal and social norms that limit women's access to land.

Key Collaborators

I-Nye Women Association

Ministry of Food and Agriculture

ABANTU for Development

Lawra and NandomTraditional Councils

Ministry of Local Government, Decentralization and Rural Development

Lawra and Nandom Municipal Assemblies