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Climate change impacting food supply in Ghana
2013-06-09 16:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times of India: Nearly 700,000 people in Ghana are staring at hunger as climate change has started taking a toll on food security in this West African nation of 25 million people, a survey shows. The phenomenon, according to an agrcultural expert, will further aggravate the frequency of droughts and storms which will affect food production. "Severe warming, floods and drought may reduce crop yields. Livestock may be at risk, both directly from heat stress and indirectly from reduced quality of their food supply,...
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Wildlife Society asks Ghana govt to implement climate sensitive interventions
2013-04-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ghana Business News: Mr Rueben Ottou, Acting Executive Director of the Ghana Wildlife Society, has called on government to take the lead in ensuring that climate sensitive policies are incorporated into district level development plans. He said adequate capacity for the implementation of climate sensitive interventions at the district level would help reduce vulnerability, increase resilience of communities and safeguard life and property against climate related risks. Mr Ottou made the call in a statement issued...
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Ghana Food and Drink Report Q2 2013
2013-04-10 02:00:00| Beverage industry market research - from just-drinks.com
Business Monitor International's Ghana Food and Drink Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, food and drink associations, government departments and regulatory bod
Climate change projects in Northern Ghana said not to be doing well
2013-04-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ghana Business News: Three out of the 11 districts in the Northern Region are performing creditably well in the implementation of climate change projects under the $88.6 million, Ghana Social Opportunities Projects (GSOP), Mr Sabastian Salia Yiah, Regional Infrastructure Engineer said. Aside East Gonja, Saboba and Kpandai Districts, who have cultivated and maintained the mango and cashew trees, the remaining Districts plantation had been burnt by wild fire and this is a worrying situation, he said. Mr Yiah disclosed...
Ghana - Construction of Komenda sugar mill to start in July
2013-03-27 06:59:00| Sugar Industry News
The government will start work towards revamping the Komenda sugar factory in the Central Region by July, the country\'s Minister of Trade and Industry, Haruna Iddrisu, said.
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