Project FICESSA held its final dissemination and stakeholder engagement workshop in Accra, Ghana. The 1.5 day workshop was held at the University of Ghana and featured some of the key findings of the project in Ghana. About 25 stakeholders attended the workshop representing different government organizations, private sector companies, NGOs, international organisations and academia.
The participants discussed the current trends and future trajectories of industrial crops in Ghana, such as cotton, oil palm, sugarcane and cocoa. Presentations were given by FICESSA members Alexandros Gasparatos (University of Tokyo, Japan), Steve Wiggins (Overseas Development Institute, UK), Osamu Saito (United Nations University, Japan), Yaw Agyeman Boafo (University of Ghana, Ghana), Abubakari Ahmed (University of Tokyo), Eric Dompreh (University of Tokyo), and Channing Arndt (International Food Policy Research Institute, USA).
A summary of the workshop as reported by one of the main daily newspapers of Ghana can be found here.
The participants discussed the current trends and future trajectories of industrial crops in Ghana, such as cotton, oil palm, sugarcane and cocoa. Presentations were given by FICESSA members Alexandros Gasparatos (University of Tokyo, Japan), Steve Wiggins (Overseas Development Institute, UK), Osamu Saito (United Nations University, Japan), Yaw Agyeman Boafo (University of Ghana, Ghana), Abubakari Ahmed (University of Tokyo), Eric Dompreh (University of Tokyo), and Channing Arndt (International Food Policy Research Institute, USA).
A summary of the workshop as reported by one of the main daily newspapers of Ghana can be found here.
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