JUNE2023

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greenhousegasemi ssi
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cropping,boxr idgesandf ur-
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mat e.
tur eint hesoil,andot herfarmingpr ac-
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cul t
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tainandboostyi el
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theuseoft echnol
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ti
ont oensur eagri
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Extensi
onOffi
cesandFarmers
RecieveAnnualSeasonal
WeatherRepor
t

TheGhanaMet
eor
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GMet
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esent
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t
he2023AnnualSeasonalFor
ecastt
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ext
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heAnnualSeasonalForecast AICCRA,whi ch hast eamsi n six
isan out
lookoftherai
nfall African countri
esnamel y:Sene-
for
ecastforthemajorrai
ny gal,Ghana,Mal i
,Ethi opi
a,Kenya
seasonsofMarch-Mayand and Zambi aassi stf
ar merswi th
April
-Juneforthecountry. servi cesofinnovativeagr i
cul t
ure
technol ogi
esand Cl imateinfor -
mati on Ser
vice.
Afterthepr esent ati
on and f ore-
casts,recommendat ionsar emade Fr anciscaMar tey,Deput yDi rec-
tothevar iousst akehol der st o help t ori n char geofResear ch andAp-
minimizer isksand maxi mizet he plied Met eor ologyatGMet ,who
oppor t
uni t
iesi nt heseason.Duet o pr esented t hef or ecast ,men-
theclimat echangesand t hei rregu- tioned t hatt he2023r ainfall
larweat herpat ter nswecur rent ly season woul d exper iencea
observe,i thasbecomemor enec- nor malt o bel ow nor malr ainfall
essaryt han everf ort heMet eor olo- forbot h Mar ch t o Mayand
gyAgencyt o beabl et o Apr il-
May- Juneacr osst hecoun-
predicttheweat herpat t
ernst o aid t ry.
farmersi nt heirf arming deci sions
and toincr easepr oduct ivity. Shef urtherst at ed that ,i nre-
gar dst ot heagr i
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partnership wi tht heAccel er ating sur plusr ainfal l,ear lyseason
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ca vigilanceagai nstcr op pest s
(AICCR)Pr oject. whi lear easl ikel yto exper ience
wat erdef icitsshoul df ocuson
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 CONTI
NENTALDI
GEST

US Commit
ted t
o Suppor
ting
Af
ricanAgri
cultur
e-Harris

T
heVi cePr esidentoft heUni ted “TheUni t
ed Stat eswillcon-
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is, tinueto suppor tand expand
hasassur edAf r icaofits commi t- thiswor k.Someexampl esof
mentt o suppor tt heagricult
ural thewor kt hatwear edoing to
sector. thatend her eon t hecont i
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using modern met hodsand t ool
s. weat herstations”

“TheUni ted Stateswillcontinueto support

and expand thiswor k.Someexampl esoft he
workt hatwear edoing tothatend hereon the
continentincludeshel ping t
oi mproveclimate
model l
ing,weat herforecastand to bui
ld new
weatherst at
ions, ”Shesaid.

Sheadded,“We,t hrough t
hatwor k,know t hat
wecan t hen helpfarmer sdecidewher eto
planttheircrops,when t o pl
anttheircrops,
how to predicttheupcomi ng growing season
in awayt heypl antcropst hatareresil
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orcan adapt ,to whateverthatcli
mat emi ght
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o be.”
TheUS pr ivat
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terthevicepr esidentur ged itt
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portand improveclimat er esil
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ti
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to aWhi t
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 ARTI
CLE

Agricultur
alPr oducti
vity:
A di
r ectattri
buteto wom en

A
contr
popul
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at i
n agr
i
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n 2017/
turalcensusconduct
2018showed t
n Ghanaaccountf
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on,mar keti
ot
hat
or50.
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However ,notonl yar etheynotgi ven due apr oper tysuch asl ands.In Ghana,i t
recognition and acknowl edgement ,they isgr adual l
ybecomi ng common now
facesever alot herchal l
engeswhi ch forwomen t o own lands.
hindert heirgr owt hi ntheagr i
cult ur
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sector
.Fr om t het i
meofAdam,Eve,t he Low li
teracyr ateand t raining isal so
veryfirstwoman wor ked al
ongsi deher anotherfact orthataf fectswomen i n
husband i nt hegar den ofEden and i tdid agri
culturei n Ghana.Thenot ion “a
notend t her e. woman’ spl acei sint heki tchen”l imits
women f r
om doi ng mor eorget t
ing the
Sincet hen,women al laround t hewor ld needed educat ion and skillsint he
havebeen known t o alwayshel p outon sector
.Women i nthesect orar eonl y
thefarms,and i tiswor t
h noting t hat li
mited t
o mar ket i
ng thepr oducewhi le
women wer ethefirstt o add valuet o pr o- thehusband t akeson t her esponsi bili
-
duceast heyused theveget abl es,f ood- tyofplant i
ng and gr owi ng thecr op.
stuffamong ot hersfr om thef armt o pre- Even when t heyhel p on thef arm,t hey
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thefirstto commenceagr iculturalpr o- Women ar enotencour aged orgi ven
cessing;t hatiscooki ng thepr oduceor thevoicei n agriculturalgover nance.
using varioustechniquesand pr ocesses
totransfert heproducef rom onest at eto
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FARM
FACTS

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oftheUni ted Statesreportsthatthere
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argel y untapped reservoi
r offarm
and non-farm em pl oym entopportuni -
tiesin agricultureand beyond.

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countand areri ch inm icronutri
-
entslikezinc,m agnesium ,potassi-
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