Category Archives: Ghana

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Sahel food crisis reaches tipping point, demands different response

Written on Jan 24, 2012 12:52 pm, by groundswell

Without a massive coordinated response from the international community, the rapidly growing food and nutrition crisis in the Sahelian countries of West Africa is likely to turn into a full blown famine. In recent weeks Oxfam, Tear Fund, and other...
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Addressing the silent structural food crisis in the Sahel

Written on Dec 7, 2011 10:58 am, by groundswell

In the Sahelian countries of West Africa, thinking about “food crisis” is framed by the concept of a ‘relief to rehabilitation to development’ continuum. This concept places ‘crisis’ at one end, and ‘normality’ at the other. Although it is changing,...
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Buffer food stocks to strengthen food security in West Africa

Written on Nov 9, 2011 5:13 pm, by groundswell

Images of famine in Somalia have drawn the world’s attention to the wider issue of food security in Africa. Unfortunately, the concept of “crisis” is still strongly associated with short, acute disasters such as drought and conflict. The unpalatable reality...
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Escaping the Hunger Cycle: Pathways to Resilience in the Sahel

Written on Nov 2, 2011 7:02 pm, by groundswell

In the Sahel, the number of people suffering from chronic food insecurity, high levels of poverty and vulnerability due to drought is increasing. Food crises in the Sahelian region of West Africa can no longer be treated as limited events,...
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Update from Burkina Faso, Ghana and Mali

Written on Jul 8, 2011 1:06 pm, by groundswell

Steve Brescia, Groundswell’s International Coordinator, recently returned from a three-week trip to Burkina Faso, Ghana and Mali. He visited our programs there and met with key local partners and many West African farmers. This slide show captures some of what...
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Double your investment in our growing global partnership!

Written on Jun 28, 2011 3:49 pm, by groundswell

Dear Friends, It’s not just our vegetables that are growing this summer… Groundswell is too! Two Central American NGOs, Vecinos Honduras and FUNDENOR (Guatemala), have both begun the process of becoming partners, and the Center for Indigenous Knowledge and Organizational...
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Taking advantage of new opportunities: health, urban-rural linkages, and climate change (part 7 of 8)

Written on Jun 21, 2011 2:20 pm, by groundswell

This is the seventh post in an eight-part series about how we can transform the roles of non-governmental organizations like Groundswell to make food sovereignty a reality. Read the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth posts. Taking advantage of...
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Expanding territory for agroecology (part 4 of 8)

Written on May 11, 2011 3:34 pm, by groundswell

This is the fourth post in an eight-part series about how we can transform the roles of non-governmental organizations like Groundswell to make food sovereignty a reality. Read the first, second and third posts. Expanding territory for agroecology Bern Guri...
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Groundswell leads process to develop a methodological guide for strengthening Endogenous Development in Africa

Written on Jul 9, 2010 4:05 pm, by groundswell

Rural communities in developing countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America have pursued their local processes of development and survived, indeed often thrived, since time immemorial. They achieved this without the advice of outside experts and without depending on major...