research on deforestation in rural Ghana linked indiscriminate tree cutting to loss of communal land control and traditional … contamination in the Offinso North District, Ashanti region of Ghana. Perennial streams supply water to 77% of the largely rural …. Moreover, the widespread use of agro-chemicals has contaminated the water. Land is owned communally in the district. Earlier …

autoethnographic approach to narrate the story of Botoku, a rural community in south-east Ghana's ongoing search for sustainable burial … burial practices meet the land usage needs of the present populations without compromising the ability of future generations … to meet their own needs for land. The paper highlights the importance of good negotiation and mediation skills that are …

Upper East and Northern Regions in Ghana, we explored women and men’s notions of the processes and outcomes of empowerment …

rural development within villages in Ghana: endogeneity, novelty production, sustainability, governance of markets, social … capital, and institutional arrangements. Surveys and interviews were used to collect primary data in villages both in Ghana … types of rural-urban linkages, especially through farmers’ direct participation. Farmers from across Ghana noted that UPMs …

Since Ghana gained political independence from British colonial rule in 1957, the country has had a number of … accountability roles. For Ghana to achieve the objectives of these reform initiatives, the country needs to effectively manage all … efforts being made to reform the system of environmental management in Ghana, since the costs imposed on Ghanaians and the …