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As part of efforts to empower women as Ghana joins the rest of the world to mark International Women’s Day (IWD), Ghanaian women entrepreneurs have called for the empowerment of women in their respective fields.
For the women in agribusiness, empowering women in agricultural research was a key strategy for sustainable agricultural development.
The Executive Director of the Development Action Association (DAA), development-oriented farmer-based organisation, Mrs Lydia Sasu, in an interview on March 5, 2021, noted that although women in agribusiness significantly contributed to the agricultural development in the country, they seemed invisible in agricultural research and knowledge transfer.
She said agricultural research was important as scientists sought to discover procedures that would increase livestock and crop yields, improve farmland productivity, reduce loss due to disease and insects and increase overall food quality.
Coronavirus brought challenges, opportunities into Ghana s food systems
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Coronavirus brought challenges and opportunities into Ghana s food systems
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The lockdown period restricted the movement of fishers and farmers
Madam Patricia Blankson Akakpo, Programme Manager, Network for Women’s Rights in Ghana (NETRIGHT) has said the COVID-19 has impacted the country’s food systems.
She said even though there were challenges, it has also created opportunities, which stakeholders have adopted to stay afloat.
Madam Akakpo speaking at the stakeholders meeting said it was also to know how policies and programmes were mitigating these impacts.
The meeting organised by NETRIGHT and Institute of Africa Studies sought to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the livelihoods of fishers and farmers including any coping strategies that have been adopted during the pandemic.