In Ghana, Farm Radio International partnered with four northern radio stations for the project (Might FM, Radio Upper West, Radio Progress, URA Radio) and has reached more than a million farmers since March 2015. The project helps small-scale farmers in Ghana, Mali, Tanzania, and Malawi access life-changing information and opportunities to have a stronger voice in their own development. In response, we created the “ Radio for farmer value chain development” project, with support from Global Affairs Canada, to combat the lack of access to information and knowledge for rural African farmers.
Therefore the issue is an important one - and one that demands immediate attention. Agriculture is the largest employer and sector of the Ghanaian economy, accounting for about one-third of the country’s GDP. This is the case in Ghana, where farmers are the first link in the agricultural value chain but are often underpaid or taken advantage of when they sell their produce. Across Africa, small-scale farmers produce as much as 80 percent of their countries’ food supplies, but they are often the most vulnerable to hunger.
