Enhancing Food Security In Ghana Through Women Empowerment: The Role Of Ngos
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The study was conducted to find out how NGOs
help empower women in Ghana through enhanced
agricultural activities, and how this affects food
production in the country. It was conducted ,
using basically primary data from a field survey of
220 respondents, including women who have been
part of NGO women empowerment programmes,
women who have never been part of such
programmes, and some NGO workers in the
Nadowli District of the Upper West Region of
Ghana. The study found that women who have
participated in the NGO women empowerment
programmes are more likely to go into
commercial farming, own their own farms and
hire labour for farming than those who have never
participated in such programmes. The study also
found that empowered women are more likely to
increase their food production on farms they work
on, whether it belongs to them or not, and that
women empowerment indeed, leads to higher food
production in the country. The study recommends
more women should be encouraged to take
advantage of these programmes organized by the
NGOs and that other organizations should join in
this effort. It was also recommended that the study
be replicated in other parts of the country and
further studies conducted on the factors that
determine a woman, decision to participate in
these women empowerment programmes
organized by the NGOs in the country.
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