Only 27.1% of households consume at least four locally available nutrient-dense foods daily. Poor dietary diversity contributes to malnutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and stunted child development.
Despite high awareness, only 14.5% of pregnant women consume a four-star diet. Similarly, young children consume mainly starchy staples with inadequate intake of vitamin A-rich foods, dairy, and protein.
To reduce sanitation-related disease burden and improve nutrition outcomes through
improved access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH).
Soybean is more than a cash crop—it’s a catalyst for improving nutrition, enhancing livelihoods, and building climate-resilient agriculture in Ghana. But unlocking the crop’s full potential depends on what smallholder farmers know, believe, and do.
A recent field study across Ghana’s northern regions assessed farmers’ knowledge, perceptions, and practices related to improved soybean cultivation. The findings offer timely insights for policymakers, development partners, and value chain actors committed to food systems transformation.
In recent years, the global conversation on food security has shifted beyond just increasing yields to strengthening food systems—making them more resilient, inclusive, sustainable, and responsive to shocks. In Ghana, maize remains a key staple, and efforts to improve its production offer critical insights into how interventions at the grassroots can reshape the broader food system.
Climate change is exacerbating already fragile relationships between pastoralists and farmers across West Africa. In Ghana, prolonged droughts, erratic rainfall, and the depletion of grazing land have led to intensified competition over natural resources. This has resulted in violent clashes, food insecurity, and social polarization, especially in climate-sensitive regions like West Gonja. This brief explores the climate justice dimensions of these conflicts and calls for inclusive policies, conflict-sensitive programming, and legal recognition of marginalized groups such as Fulani pastoralists.
Across many communities in Ghana and beyond, the story is the same women rise before dawn, care for children, fetch water, clean, cook, tend to small farms, and provide food for their families. They do this daily, tirelessly and without pay. This is unpaid care work: the invisible engine that keeps households and societies functioning, yet is largely unrecognized and undervalued.
Our findings from Child labour studies reveals that child labour remains a critical barrier to achieving sustainable development in Ghana’s cocoa and small-scale gold mining (ASM) sectors despite national and international commitments. Our data reveals that household poverty, limited access to education, lack of decent employment opportunities for adults are key drivers.
Access to quality maternal and child health (MCH) services is not just a matter of health—it’s a cornerstone of development. Recent assessments in Ghana sheds light on both encouraging trends and systemic challenges in delivering essential health services to mothers, children under three, and their families. Data paints a vivid picture of how socio-economic realities, service delivery gaps, and regional inequalities are shaping Maternal and Child Health outcomes.
Digital transformation and Artificial Intelligence have revolutionized how we work and make decisions. While AI is regarded as a tool providing key management solutions in many fields, its misapplication can lead to unintended and unjust outcomes especially in evaluating bids and proposals.
