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Rural Development - Eco-farming is Key

Rural Development - Eco-farming is Key to Which Way Forward in Africa!* The picture below of young girl and the sacred Tano River where the sacred cat fish lives.


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“Agro-ecological farming/Ecofarming can feed the world and save the climate,” (UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier De Schutter), said in a report dated 22 June 2010 – “Agro-ecological farming (Ecofarming) improves food production and farmers’ incomes while at the same time protecting the soil, water, climate, and can feed an estimated world population of nine billion people by 2050, and go a long way to save the climate, if implemented now.” He makes it clear in the report that….”scant attention has been paid to the more effective agro-ecological methods. …with more than a billion hungry people on the planet, and the climate disruptions ahead of us, we must rapidly scale up these sustainable techniques,” De Schutter said, …”agro-farming is a way of addressing global hunger, climate change, and the depletion of natural resources, all at the same time.” 

 The Agro-ecological farming approach includes such practices as; agro-forestry, planting trees and crops on the same site, biological control of pests and diseases through the use of natural predators, water harvesting methods, intercropping, green manure, cover crops, mixed crops, and livestock management to name a few. 

 There are many agro-ecological successes in Africa. The Ministry of Agriculture in Malawi has launched a national composting program LOMADEF, which demonstrates a way forward from using subsidized fertilizers and hybrid seeds. The composting project was prompted by the rise in fertilizers. Their projects have demonstrated and put in practice the use and need for soil fertility management activities; such as manure-making, conservation agriculture, and agro-forestry as ways forward to have a hunger free nations. 

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We are still working towards next trip to Ghana, in our efforts to build bridges and understanding. 
Significant links.

 


We plan on visiting Imakhus, an amazing pioneering Sistah.

Awesome work. 


I visited this house on my trip to Ghana in 2012, want to spend more time with Bro Daudi on the next trip. 



Finhankra!

Sustainable Living in Africa. 
The next trip to Ghana is going to be exciting! 
Sustainable Projects in Ghana! Right up my alley.

Sincerely,

 Adjoa Linda Fletcher
Outreach Resource Coordinator,
Adele Women Association (Volta Region) Nkwanta, Ghana
& Ghana Permaculture Network
& Ghana Nkwanta Project in USA


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