Programme rationale. A number of studies of Ghana’s political economy have underlined the broad disparities between the North and the South in terms of economic development and well-being. Like other similar countries in the region, the major inequality in Ghana is between urban and rural areas. But unlike these countries, the second major cleavage is between the North and the South, followed by the gender disparities. There is a strong need to bridge it to prevent north-South inequalities from leading to tensions and instability in view of the widening of this gap, of which the most important underlying factor is out-migration which result in a loss of human resources and initiative. It is therefore crucial to address rural poverty in the northern region of Ghana with a special focus on women, the gender divide being the major cause of inequality in the rural areas in northern Ghana.

Programme objectives. The overall goal of the Programme is to achieve sustainable agriculture and rural livelihoods and food security for the rural poor particularly those depending on marginal lands, rural women and vulnerable groups in Northern Ghana. The specific objective is to develop inclusive and remunerative commodity and food chain to generate agriculture surplus production and orient it towards remunerative in southern Ghana and abroad. Read More.......

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