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License to kill
Introducing Organic Farming in Ghana, Northern Region. During my first visit to Ghana I saw, traveling through rural Northern Region, many pieces of land burning. In my naivety I asked if the burning was because of drought. I then learned … Continue reading
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Glyphosate; what is it and how harmless or harmful is it?
Results of my research on Glyphosate In preparation of an article on farming in Ghana, Northern region – with the name “License to kill” and to be published yet – I got quite deeply into research on Glyphosate, the basic … Continue reading
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Leap into Life – Dipaliya
Story of an emerging Social Economy that combines tradition with innovation To boldly go where no man has ever gone before … In this article I will describe the journey Umar Mohammed and I are travelling as Leap into Life … Continue reading
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Leap into Life Ghana – context and call for action
Facts and figures on Ghana’s economic development. Ghana GDP Annual Growth Rate The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Ghana expanded 6.10 percent in the second quarter of 2013 over the same quarter of the previous year. GDP Annual Growth … Continue reading
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Leap into Life – what, why and how?
What is Leap into Life? Leap into Life is a professional development program for participants in Europe and in Africa. The program works on a local-local base. Both Europeans and Africans work with local facilitators on issues and questions they … Continue reading
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Leap into Life – honoring its origins and the people involved
Leap into Life has its origins in Macha, rural Zambia. I’d like to honor this with a brief introduction before going deeper into Leap into Life Ghana. This post shares about the history of Leap into Life moving from Zambia … Continue reading
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Connecting with Ghana (2) – Visiting PAMEPI projects and connecting with JCI
Looking for alternative ways to support community development, capacity building or business development in Africa? This post might be of interest to you. Connecting with Ghana (2) – Visiting PAMEPI projects and connecting with JCI.
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