FROM THE FIELD: Restoring life to Ghana’s land
Desertification is threatening Ghana’s subsistence farmers. (file)
2 September 2019
Subsistence
farmers in Ghana are learning how to hold back the decline in
the fertility of the smallholdings they
cultivate while revitalizing their soils as desertification increasingly
threatens their land and livelihoods.
An
increase in the population in the West African country has put more
pressure on agricultural lands resulting in the clearing of forests and
woodlands, a development which is hastening desertification.
The Dorbor community which lives in central Ghana is finding the
cultivation of the cereal crops and cashew nuts it traditionally farms
increasingly challenging.
The Dobor people are now being supported by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) to hold back land degradation by introducing sustainable land management practices, including soil fertility improvement techniques.
As the international community gathers in New Delhi in India to discuss how to combat desertification, read more here about how the Dorbor people are restoring life to Ghana’s lands.
More from the UN Development Programme here:
The Dobor people are now being supported by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) to hold back land degradation by introducing sustainable land management practices, including soil fertility improvement techniques.
As the international community gathers in New Delhi in India to discuss how to combat desertification, read more here about how the Dorbor people are restoring life to Ghana’s lands.
More from the UN Development Programme here:
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