Ghana

Ghana - Context and Land Governance

Located in Western Africa, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. Agriculture is a major driver of the economy, accounting for one-third of GDP, alongside gold and cocoa. Approximately 68% of Ghana’s land is used for agriculture and 15% is used as permanent natural pastures.

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Land rights for cocoa farmers aren’t just good stewardship, they’re smart business

5 Noviembre 2019

Authors:

Yuliya Panfil

Africa

Ghana

América Latina y el Caribe

Asia

Global

Last week the World Cocoa Foundation, a membership organization of more than 100 cocoa companies, held its annual partnership meeting in Berlin, Germany. The aim of the meeting is for governments, cocoa companies and farmers to identify and tackle the sector’s largest sustainability challenges. A 90-minute session was devoted to the topic of land tenure. The prominence of the session, as well as the seniority of the presenters – the Head of Sustainable Sourcing for Hershey’s and the Deputy Director General of Cote d’Ivoire’s Land Agency among them – is a powerful signaling effect.

From the Ground Up: Participatory Rights Documentation for Healthy Landscapes

17 Abril 2018

Authors:

Matt Sommerville

Zambia

Ghana

Paraguay

Myanmar

Viet Nam

Global

Much of the world’s rural landscapes are technically managed by national governments with limited recognition of, or support for, the rights and management responsibilities of the rural poor who live in these areas. In an era of large-scale land acquisitions for global commodity production, this has led, in some cases, to governments allocating vast tracts of land and resources to companies with limited or no consultation of the people affected.

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Biblioteca

Unmasking Land Grabbing in Ghana; Restoring Livelihoods; Paving Way for Sustainable Development Goals

Artículos de revistas y libros

Agosto 2016

Ghana

This is a resource from the Resource Equity LandWise database of resources.

Women's perceptions of tenure security

Informes e investigaciones

Marzo 2019

Marruecos

Túnez

Kenya

Madagascar

Malawi

Mozambique

Rwanda

Tanzania

Uganda

Zambia

Camerún

Namibia

Benin

Burkina Faso

Ghana

Côte d'Ivoire

Liberia

Níger

Nigeria

Senegal

Costa Rica

Honduras

México

Bolivia

Colombia

Ecuador

Perú

Camboya

Indonesia

Tailandia

Viet Nam

Jordania

Reino Unido

This report uses household-level data from 33, mostly developing, countries to analyse perceptions of tenure insecurity among women. We test two hypotheses: (1) that women feel more insecure than men; and (2) that increasing statutory protections for women, for instance by issuing joint named titles or making inheritance law more gender equal, increases de facto tenure security.

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Organizaciones

Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRI)

At its inception, the Central Cocoa Research Station was assigned clear goals within the Gold Coast Department of Agriculture, to investigate the pest and disease problems of cocoa in order to maintain production in the Eastern Province and elsewhere in the Gold Coast. In 1944 when the Research Station was up-graded to WACRI, the objectives were widened to include investigations into the disease and pest problems of cocoa in West Africa, soil fertility and good agricultural practices, with the view to increasing yield and farmers' income.

Commonwealth Forestry Association (CFA)

What we do

We are reminded on a daily basis that the natural environment in which we live is vitally important for our well-being, whether it is in the form of climate change, global warming, declining fertility or dwindling natural resources.

Government of Ghana

This includes any and all of Ghana's government entities and organs.

IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC)

We are a 'think and do tank'. We're working with national and local governments, with NGOs and businesses, and with local communities to realise an ambitious vision: a world where no child or adult dies of causes related to water and sanitation. A world where everyone has access to safe and reliable WASH services, forever.

Land Governance Multi Stakeholder Dialogue (LGMSD)

The Dutch Land Governance Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue (LG MSD) is a dialogue jointly organized by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, companies, financial institutions, civil society organizations and knowledge institutes. Its organizing committee consists of representatives from Oxfam, Both ENDS, FMO, Actiam, APG, Utrecht University and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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