Key findings:
• From the PGIS survey, six of the interventions (two small reservoirs, earth bunds, stone bunds, treadle pump, water pumps and shallow wells) were identified with the help of key stakeholders to the study.
• Increment of farm...
Granaham, Patricia
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[Targeting and scaling up of Agricultural Water Management interventions in the White Volta Basin, Ghana. ]
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Targeting and scaling up of Agricultural Water Management interventions in the White Volta Basin, Ghana.
Perpetual Yirenkyiwaa, Diabene
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[Targeting and Scaling-‐up of Agricultural Water Management Interventions in the Black Volta Basin -‐ Ghana]
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Targeting and Scaling-‐up of Agricultural Water Management Interventions in the Black Volta Basin -‐ Ghana
Key findings:
The research revealed the following key things about agriculture and agricultural water; that dry season gardening is considered by the indigenes as one of the means by which poverty and transitional (seasonal) hunger can be red...
The Black Volta Basin provides a major water resource in Ghana and the Upper West region in particular. Agriculture is the main occupation of majority of the inhabitants, but this is normally done on subsistence basis.
The management of water for agricultural purposes under various agricultural ...
Quandzie, Stephen
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[Potential for Increasing Agricultural Water Productivity in the Black Volta Basin, Ghana]
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Potential for Increasing Agricultural Water Productivity in the Black Volta Basin, Ghana
The project will orient, align and integrate the four research for development projects (V1 -V4) that have been designed to respond to the basin development challenge in order to contribute to poverty reduction and improved livelihood resilience in the basin.
CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food
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[Coordination et Changement, Coordination et Changement]
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[Coordination and Change]
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Coordination and Change
As a program designed for bridging research to development outcome, the CPWF considers regular reflection, learning and adaptive management as crucial elements in the implementation of the basin programs. Reflection implies that the project teams and key stakeholders take stock of what is going o...
CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food
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[Challenge Program on Water and Food: Volta Basin Development Challenge Management of Rainwater and Small Reservoir for multiple uses, 2012 Annual Reflection Report]
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Challenge Program on Water and Food: Volta Basin Development Challenge Management of Rainwater and Small Reservoir for multiple uses, 2012 Annual Reflection Report
Sulemana, Tamara Amina
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[Local Natural Resources Management in Ghana: The Role of Traditional Authority]
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Local Natural Resources Management in Ghana: The Role of Traditional Authority
Main message
Change is not the outcome of a simple “from”(research) “to” (policy) model. It is most likely to take place in the form of incremental adjustments, grounded in daily interactions between stakeholders.
Le changement climatique représente une sérieuse menace pour la production agricole, qui se superpose à l’évolution de l’utilisation des terres et à l’accroissement de la pression démographique, et se traduit par d’importantes conséquences au niveau local: Ce changement se traduit d’abord pour un...
Cecchi, Philippe
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Douxchamps, Sabine
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Venot, Jean-Philippe
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[Les Petits Barrages: Stocker l'eau pour faire face à la variabilité croissante des précipitations]
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Les Petits Barrages: Stocker l'eau pour faire face à la variabilité croissante des précipitations
Ghana is endowed with a lot of natural resources but these resources are depleting at rates that are worrisome. If care is not taken the environment will lose all these gifts of nature. However, most Ghanaians livelihoods are linked to these natural resources. The management of these natural reso...
Gumah, Agolko Isaac
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[Natural Resources Management in Ghana: The role of the Decentralised Government]
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Natural Resources Management in Ghana: The role of the Decentralised Government