{"id":3031054,"date":"2023-12-13T04:47:13","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T04:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/?page_id=3031054"},"modified":"2025-08-29T09:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T08:05:08","slug":"ghana","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/plantwiseplus\/countries\/ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p><\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\t\tYou are here:\n<span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/plantwiseplus\/\">PlantwisePlus<\/a><\/span> \/ <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/plantwiseplus\/countries\/\">Where we work<\/a><\/span> \/ <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">Ghana<\/span><\/span>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tPlantwisePlus in Ghana\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Around 70% of farmers in Ghana are smallholders, playing a pivotal role in food and cash crop production. PlantwisePlus is working to empower these smallholder farmers to produce more high-quality crops sustainably. <\/p>\n<p>PlantwisePlus activities in Ghana are working to improve extension services for the country&#8217;s female farmers, who have limited access to extension services due to various challenges. Other key projects include assessing natural enemies and parasitism of the invasive fall armyworm, which has ravaged crops in the region. <\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tLatest blogs\t<\/h2>\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.plantwise.org\/tag\/ghana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read all Ghana blogs &gt;&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"This is CABI\" width=\"100%\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GsbKu3jNDfE?si=Dsuzhw5WLRLV-UpU?feature=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tResearch and publications\t<\/h2>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tContact us\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/cabi-people\/solomon-duah\/\" target=\"_blank\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Solomon-Duah-scaled-e1707920085738-300x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"(c) Sanch Photography 2023\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Solomon-Duah-scaled-e1707920085738-300x300-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Solomon-Duah-scaled-e1707920085738-300x300-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" title=\"(c) Sanch Photography 2023\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/cabi-people\/solomon-duah\/\">Solomon Duah<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>PlantwisePlus Country Coordinator, Ghana<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Communications Specialist, Ghana<\/p>\n<p>E: <a href=\"mailto:s.duah@cabi.org\">s.duah@cabi.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tCountries we work in\t<\/h2>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tLearn more about PlantwisePlus\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Delivered through gender-sensitive and climate-resilient approaches, PlantwisePlus is tackling the challenges facing smallholder production through three impact pathways<strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/plantwiseplus\/about\/pest-preparedness\/\">Pest Preparedness<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/plantwiseplus\/about\/pesticide-risk-reduction\/\"><strong>Pesticide Risk Reduction<\/strong><\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/plantwiseplus\/about\/farmer-advisory\/\"><strong>Farmer Advisory<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PlantwisePlus activities in Ghana are working to improve extension services for the country&#8217;s female farmers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3031106,"parent":3030669,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"section":[3835],"pathway":[3853,3852],"class_list":["post-3031054","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","section-plantwise-plus","pathway-farmer-advisory","pathway-pest-preparedness"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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