Meet 52-year-old Adams Alhassan. He’s a smallholder farmer in Brong Ahafo, a region in south Ghana. This region is known as the ‘food basket’ of Ghana, and you can see why from the lush green landscape and thriving marketplaces. Agriculture is the main source of livelihood for nearly 80% of rural households in this part of Ghana - but rural communities are being challenged by the threats of climate change.
For anyone who has grown up with safe and plentiful water ‘on tap’ it’s all too easy to take it for granted. For others, the challenge of accessing water is a daily struggle. Until recently, the people of Mbomuwa – a small village in the southern region of Malawi – were forced to rely on a nearby river for all their water needs. We caught up with two people who explained how a safe supply has changed lives in this community.
How is it possible to boost nutrition and reduce poverty? How can vulnerable people get access to nutritious foods on a long-term basis? These are some of the questions being addressed in an integrated and sustainable way by our Biofortification Project in the Gambia, or Baluu Tim-Maring-Ngo project as it is known in Wolof, the local language.
Meet 37-year-old Dorothy. She lives in a small village in Malawi’s Chikwawa district. A smallholder farmer and a widow, Dorothy spends most of her time taking care of her five children.
Meet Agbara Okon Edet. He’s the retired former head of the Abi local government area in Nigeria’s Cross River State. He describes himself as a “lover of health”, which is why he became extremely troubled three years ago by the high cholera rates which were rampant in his community.
