Rainwater harvesting for smallholder farmers in Northern Ghana

In this study, suitable rainwater harvesting techniques are investigated for smallholder farmers in northern Ghana, in order to reduce the impact of dry spells during the growing season. Dry spells and water shortage during the growing season have a negative impact on food production in northern Ghana, where 95% of the farms are rainfed. A...

The Potential of Deep Learning for Satellite Rainfall Detection over Data-Scarce Regions, the West African Savanna

Food and economic security in West Africa rely heavily on rainfed agriculture and are threatened by climate change and demographic growth. Accurate rainfall information is therefore crucial to tackling these challenges. Particularly, information about the occurrence and length of droughts as well as the onset date of the rainy season is...

Aquifer Storage & Recovery (ASR) system improvement in northern Ghana

The northern Ghana climatological conditions are favourable for agricultural production. The annual average precipitation of 800-1250 mm/y is theoretically sufficient for farmers to be year-round self-sufficient. However, the majority of precipitation falls in a 4-month wet season spanning from late May to October. As a consequence, the region...

Making tracks for Tamale: Strategic implementation of a railway system in the existing urban fabric of Ghanaian cities

Africa has the potential to be the world's breadbasket, however the continent's fundamental problem is that it has invested relatively little in agriculture and in developing its rural infrastructure. Ghana (West-Africa) is no exception to this. Ghana's Northern Region is identified as breadbasket area, but sufficient transportation lacks....