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2022
Radio Station: URA Radio
Producer Organization: Tele-Bere and GhaFFaP
Production Language: English
Production Year: 2022
Programme Title: The Role of the Ghana Federation of Forest and Farm Producers in Achieving Climate-Resilient Landscapes in Ghana
The Ghana Federation of Forest and Farm Producers is a national federation of smallholder Forest and Farm Producer Organisations with members from across three ecological zones, including the savanna, transition, and forest ecological zones. GhaFFaP currently has a membership of 17 Forest and Farm Producer Organisations with a current membership of 1.5 million smallholders. GhaFFaP working with its member Forest and Farm Organisations towards ensuring climate-resilient landscapes in Ghana.
This discussion will focus on the key activities GhaFFaP is performing, working with various stakeholders in Ghana towards the delivery of climate-resilient landscapes in Ghana.
2021
Radio Station: Royals Radio, Gurune Radio, Radio Ada
Producer Organization: GhaFFaP
Production Language: English
Production Year: 2021
Programme Title: Efforts of women family farmers in Ghana
The programme focuses on the efforts of women family farmers in Ghana to improve their livelihoods. It features interviews with the assistant Representative of FAO in Ghana, Mr Benjamin Adjei, focusing on the role of women in family farming. The magazine program zoomed in on women farmers in Forikrom in the Bono East Region who are being assisted by the Abrono Organic Farmers Association (ABOFA) and also with women farmers in Zuarungu-Moshie in the Upper East Region who are members of the Tele-bere Savings and Loan Association. The women testify not only to how the improved practices have led to greater and more sustainable yields but also to how these have empowered them to the practical benefit of their households and the education of their children. The Assistant Representative for FAO in Ghana concluded with a look at how the family and the farm is linked, how family farming is a catalyst and how it impacts the economic development of environmental, reproductive and socio-cultural functions.
The invited guests of the programme were Nana Kwao Adams, the Executive Director of ABOFA; Women farmers in Forikrom in the Bono East Region; Women farmers in Zuarungu-Moshie in the Upper East Region; and Assistant Representative for Programmes of FAO in Ghana, Mr Benjamin Adjei.