Appendix K - List of organisations contacted that share agricultural information in Ghana

Ghanaian organisations visited and their involvement in sharing agricultural information

	ORGANISATION	ADDRESS	DEFINITION OF WORK	MATERIALS PRODUCED	SAMPLES OBTAINED
G1	Action Aid	Box 1057 Tamale	International NGO with regional offices in Tamale, Bawku and Chereponi. Community based initiatives on food security, health, water, income generation and adult education	Well equipped offices. No materials produced except for reports and strategy papers	Country profile
G2	African Centre for Human Development	Box 0273 Osu, Accra	National NGO promoting rural and human resource development with 5 regional offices. Involved in health, agriculture, micro-enterprise and counselling services in rural areas.	In the process of developing training materials. Reports	None available
G3	Agricultural Information Service	Box 1188 Tamale	Presbyterian Church of Ghana agricultural information and networking service.	Well produced booklets and Fact Sheets, though lack illustrations. Quarterly newsletter - Labaari for N Ghana.	Labaari Fact Sheets: Ho 9 - Compost Ho 2 - Rabbit diseases
G4	Catholic Secretariat	Box 9712 Accra	Dept ofSocio Economic Development with national office in Accra coordinating Agricultural Coordinators in each diocese and field officers in most parishes. Focus resources and training on most deprived areas.	Weekly newspaper produced by Dept of Social Communications. Printed training materials have low priority	Handbook with information about SED and contacts Workshop Report -Sustainable landuse
G5	Centre for the Development of People (CEDEP)	Box 5601 Kumasi	National NGO. Emphasis on women's development. Workshops, training, ongoing support for groups. European funding	Well equipped offices. Various reports and papers. Newsletter	CEDEP Update
G6	Christian Council of Churches	Box 919 Accra	Coordinates 40 member churches. Development and Environmental Dept works on small scale business advice, health, environment, agroforestry, waste. Provides workshops, training.	Excellent and illustrated training notes for workshops using the facilities within Christian Council.	Training in Sustainable Agric Skills for Youth Oct-Nov 1996
G7	Crops Research Institute - Ghana Grains Development Project	Box 3785 Kumasi	Research institute under the Ministry of Agriculture.	Excellent series aimed at farmers. Mostly illustrations and clear text. Good quality production.	12 Steps to a Good Maize Harvest, 10 Steps to a Good Cowpea Harvest
G8	Dagbani Literacy Project	Box 378 Tamale	A GILLBT project working with the Dagbani language near Tamale. Work with literacy training, health care and agriculture.	Produce various materials in Dagbani - health booklet, moral teachings, primers and readers.	Kawana Sanzi (Growing maize and beans), Shiguliba ben na piini Buku (Beekeeping)
G9	Department of Adult Education	Accra	Original aim to provide distance learning materials for to enable adults to continue into tertiary education. With restructuring of educational system much of their work is now redundant.	Presently print four local language newspapers. Plans to produce 24 follow up reading materials in each language. Dept has extensive printing facilities, though many machines out of action.	Newspapers
G10	Department of Linguistics, Accra University	Box 38, Accra	Department teaches in a number of local languages depending on the availability of local staff. Some involvement in NFED work.	Help produce newspaper in Buli language.
G11	District Agricultural Extension Office, Wa	Box 21 Wa	Subject matter specialists based in Wa supporting 75 front line staff in the district. Work mainly with farmer groups.	Produce booklets and handouts aimed at FLS during training days - not at farmers.	Booklet - How to keep good farm records
G12	ECASARD (Ecumenical Association for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development)	Box 772 Madina-Accra	National NGO networking sustainable agricultural groups in S Ghana. Training, information sharing, skills training, workshops and demonstrations.	Ran workshop on rural journalism. Quarterly newsletter. Various reports.	Newsletter - The Sustainable Farmer, Report on SARDFair
G13	Environmental Concern Office (ECO)	Box A 148 Adisadel Cape Coast	Christian NGO seeking to provide a religious basis for environmental care. Netwroking of denominations, meetings, training programmes offered.	Publish leaflet, papers.	Introductory leaflet and workshop paper
G14	Environmental Development Youth Movement (EDYM)	Box 5 Have	National NGO aimed at youth involvement in environmental protection. Various regional projects. Works with schools, youth groups and colleges in particular. Tree nurseries.	Produces literature to distribute and training notes	Report and leaflet
G15	Farm Implements and Tools (FIT) Programme	Box 1423 Accra	Technical assistance programme with ILO and TOOL, funded by Netherlands. Support services to small scale metal working and food-processing enterprises. Technical information, tools and training courses provided.	Provide training, information and enquiry service. Produce various reports and information leaflets. Glossy brochures	Good quality pamphlets and booklets
G16	Farming Systems Development and Training Project (WFSDTP)	Box 71 Wenchi	Research into extension methods and community based organisations	Reports and research findings	Reports
G17	Friends of the Earth-Ghana	Box 3794 Accra	National NGO with international links. Campaigning for reduction of pollution, improved sanitation and rubbish collection and environmental protection	Quarterly newsletter - FOELINE, Various reports.	FOELINE
G18	Garu Agricultural Services	Box 44 Bawku	Began in 1967 by Presbyterian Church. 9 extension agents with other central services. Work with over 90 groups.	Small resource centre with various newsletters. Teaching notes and reports.	Report on Women's Activities 1993
G19	Ghana Organic Agriculture Network	Box 6342 Kumasi	National NGO (linked with Henry Doubleday Assoc, UK) promoting organic and sustainable agriculture and agroforestry. Resource base, networking, training and demonstration farms, workshops	Various research reports. Story book, Farming in Ghana - very well illustrated. Printed in Holland	Farming in Ghana
G20	Ghana Rural Reconstruction Movement	Box 14 Mampong Akwapim	Began in 1974 as part of Philippines NGO IIRR. Now independant. Sustainable agriculture. Practical training courses and demonstrations - nurseries, poultry, bees, snails etc. Dedicated staff - low funding	Several materials - flip chart in local language for family planning using agricultural examples, Agroforestry in Ghana kit and book - First aid in plant medicine.	Photocopied sample pages
G21	GILLBT (Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation)	Box 378 Tamale	Huge literacy project with overseas funding from SIL. Nationalised in 1980. 15 translations of the New Testament. Aims: literacy, Bible translation and promoting use of local languages. Work outside the 15 'official' languages recognised by the government.	Have their own extensive printing department - cheap, functional materials. Literacy primers, readers, booklets and newspapers. Critical of NFED primers and find their grammar often leads to confusion. 28 literacy projects.	Newspapers in various languages Tikpaal Nan? Konkoma Farm book 3 primers in Lusoga
G22	Green Earth Organisation	Box 16641 Accra N	Formed in 1983 in direct response to catastrophic drought and effects. Now a national NGO networking and informing wide range of NGOs and government departments both within and outside Ghana. Emphasis on youth awareness.	Monthly newsletter - The Green Dove. Very informative combining news from wide range of NGOs and govt depts in Ghana	The Green Dove Price 3400 cedis
G23	GTZ Sedentary Farming Systems Project	Box 473 Sunyani	Promoting sustainable agricultural practices through target group and farmer training.	A4 teaching notes in English with illustrations. Fairly technical language.	Manure management, Producing mineral salt licks.
G24	Ho Farms Project, Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Box 751 Ho	Agricultural Extension and Training Centre, one of 6 projects supported by the EP Church in Ghana. Work with farmer groups in 8 communities.	Well equipped office. Teaching notes and reports. No training materials.	Introductory leaflet
G25	Hunger Project	Accra	Food security projects.	No materials produced except reports etc.
G26	IFARM	Box 1490 Accra	Food Security project - closely linked with World Vision. Works in collaboration with research institutes	Quarterly newsletter with international distribution and audience. Various reports	Copies of CRSP Technical Bulletins and newsletter
G27	Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC)	Box 8604 Accra North	National NGO offering technical inputs relating to water, sanitation, public health, nutrition, training and resource material production in urban and rural areas.	Well equipped offices. Plan to produce video materials. Provide resource materials on public health. Research and report papers.	Leaflet and newspaper insert
G28	Literacy House, NFED programme	Box M45 Accra	In charge of NFED national literacy project in 15 languages funded largely by World Bank. Print primers and follow up materials. Impressive materials (but little evidence of good distribution of them among groups visited). World Bank funding withdrawn in 1997.	All 15 languages should have primers, follow up reading and regular newspapers. Aluminium book boxes on display. 150 follow up reader titles available.	Various primers and readers. Silkcreen newsletters in Ewe and Twi. 14 different newspapers.
G29	Ministry of Agriculture -Information Support Unit	Box 299 Accra	Collaborate with Research Institutes to produce information for front line staff and farmers. Publications all in English.	Three types of publication: leaflet, booklet and flipchart. Well produced and targeted. Plans for more translations.	Several samples of each
G30	Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Upper West	Wa	Office coordinating agricultural and extension services.	Quarterly bulletin aimed at staff and front line extension agents.	UWADEP News
G31	Nandom Agricultural Project	Box 14 Nandom	Began in 1973. Main emphasis on animal traction. Work mainly with groups. Farm store. Work closely with credit and loan programme run by Catholic Cooperative in Nandom.	Teaching charts and notes. Various reports.	Copies of reports
G32	National Agricultural Extension Services Department	Box M37 Accra	Coordinate and train 1,500 Front line staff (maximum of 15 per district). Recent World Bank funding has provided motorbikes, housing, an impressive video-producing centre and air of optimism.	Training and printed material produced in response to farmers' problems. Excellent information leaflets (folded A4), largely produced by regions during training. Plan to coordinate and improve.	Samples of leaflets: Post harvest losses, Dry season fodder, Mango. Booklet: Seed yam production.
G33	National Council on Women and Development	Box 304 Sekondi	Independent governmental organisation. Resource and information centre in the Western region.	Provides information. Various reports.
G34	Ofuman Agricultural Project	Box 43 Wenchi	Began in 1978.300 hectare model farm now providing graduate training and centre for new Outgrowers Programme in maize production with 72 farmers. Produces hybrid maize.	Informal extension programme and farmers association formed around Wenchi area. No materials produced.
G35	Suntaa Nuntaa	Box 207 Wa	Regional NGO promoting agroforestry. Works with over 50 womens groups in particular encouraging savings and credit. Tree nursery, networking, training, skills sharing.	Uses drama, radio and information leaflets. Well equipped office.	Handouts and newsletter.
G36	Technoserve	Box 135 Accra	Large international NGO. Huge, well funded offices (USAID). Main focus is enterprise development. Work with groups or encourage their formation to give training and loans. At present about 60 groups.	Newsletter - technical and donor orientated.	Boafo (Helper)
G37	Wenchi Farm Institute	Box 3 Wenchi	Began in 1962.140 students of which 13 are female. 12 teaching staff. Training is 80% practical. Students all have own plots and carry out practical projects.	Well stocked library. No locally generated materials produced. Teaching notes.	Brochure
G38	World Vision, Head Office	Box 1490 Accra	Agricultural Coordinator responsible for regional agricultural extensionists. Concentrate on projects in poorest areas. Credit and loan scheme	Main publication available is large book - Farmer's Guide. Well produced with plenty of illustrations. Translated into Portuguese, French and English with over a million copies.	Farmer's Guide