Accra, Sept 22, GNA – Dr Sugri Banbangi, Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, has launched a book entitled “The Volta River Basin (VRB): Water for Food, Economic Growth and Environment” in Accra.

The book examines from a multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder perspective, the solutions and strategies to improve the use of water and other natural resources in the VRB to achieve enhanced food security, livelihood and economic growth.

The VRB is an important transboundary basin in West Africa, which covers approximately 410,000 square kilometres across six countries: Ghana, Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, the Ivory Coast and Mali.

 

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