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Recent heavy downpours in the Lower Volta area of Ghana led to the worst flooding in the region’s history. The flooding was caused by a spillage (a deliberate release of water) from the Akosombo Dam

Khushbu Mishra, MRR Innovation Lab researcher and economist at Stetson University, recently published a paper on bundling insurance against drought with agricultural loans to encourage smallholder uptake of agricultural technology in northern Ghana.

In the lead up to COP28, learn how persons with disabilities in Ghana strengthen their community's resilience to climate change, boosting food security and increasing income with the help of the UNDP Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme.

This study uses the ASPIRE tool to evaluate the readiness and effectiveness of social protection systems in Ghana, identifying gaps and opportunities to improve anticipatory measures and climate resilience.

Satellites and on-the-ground sensors are helping Kenya, Ghana and Zambia tackle inundation risks and farmers cope with drought.

This seismic risk profile of Ghana, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.

In this study, researchers build on existing work on farm and farmer diversity in Duko, Northern Ghana, to systematically investigate and describe intra- and inter-household differences in terms of the vulnerability to prevalent shocks.

This study aimed to compare the performance of six regional climate models in simulating observed and projecting future climate in the Savannah zone of Ghana, in order to find suitable methods to improve the accuracy of climate models in the region.