Northern Ghana

We run a large seedbank in Ghana helping over 150 women and a very generous donor has provided tractors as well as a multisheller to help this project be successful. The harvest this year is better than last year, although the rains are so unpredictable that the communities struggle to plant the seeds at the best time. In the past when the rains started they did not stop. Now they stop and start. If you plant too early and the rains stops for a few weeks before restarting you will lose your crop. If you plant too late you don’t get a crop.

We also run smaller seed bank projects with our partners SAC helping impoverished women grow soya, ground nut and bambura seeds. Last year the harvest was so bad that the beneficiaries hardly grew more than they planted. This year it has been much better and communities have really benefited from this input. We are very grateful for the hard work put in to these projects by our partners.