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A crocodile in the Upper East Region. Photo: Hamish John Appleby / IWMI

Life with grandmother crocodile

The changing benefits of ecosystem services for rural communities in northern Ghana.
Flooded lands around the Bhungroo site in the Weisi community in northern Ghana

Making hazards into opportunities

What to do about too much and too little water in northern Ghana.

Nature.com: The new economy of excrement

Entrepreneurs are finding profits turning human waste into fertiliser, fuel and even food.

Taking the measure of Ghana’s watersheds

A critical requirement for agricultural intensification.
Fortifer pellets used to grow crops.

Press Release: New compost plant to aid the greening of Ghana’s...

Recycling waste and delivering a safe nutrient-rich fertilizer for food production

WaterAndNature.org: Local benefits highlight role of natural infrastructure in adaptive basin...

A blog post on the IUCN Water Knowledge Platform about the ‘WISE-UP to Climate’ project by Marloes Mul, Senior Researcher at IWMI.

Ebb and flow in the landscape

Measuring how ecosystems regulate rivers.
Water valve - ghana

Dry-season farming

A great opportunity to transform the economy of northern Ghana.

Tending fields by text

Mobile phones and satellite imaging are transforming farming in Sudan.
One of Abdullah’s daughters takes a drink of water from a clay water storage jar. The donkey cart and drums used for transporting water to the house stand behind her.

Raising the stakes

Why fences, crop rotation and water storage mean one farmer is no longer losing the plot in Northern Ghana.