Sunday, July 18, 2010

Learning about Ghana. People, culture, economics and challenges



The Republic of Ghana is named after the medieval Ghana Empire of West Africa. The actual name of the Empire was Wagadugu. Ghana was the title of the kings who ruled the kingdom. It was controlled by Sundiata in 1240 AD, and absorbed into the larger Mali Empire. (Mali Empire reached its peak of success under Mansa Musa around 1307.)

History of Ghana


Ghana Home page






Thursday, July 15, 2010

Purdue Improved Cowpea Project

International Programs in Agriculture
The Purdue PICS Program

Purdue/World Vision Partner on PICS project in Ghana

Hello, Purdue Extension!

It is my honor to announce that Amanda Bailey and George Okantey will be participating in the PICS/Purdue Extension Train-the-Trainer program this August in northern Ghana. They will be working with PICS/Ghana partner, World Vision. Some 2000 villages in Ghana will receive trainings from the agents that Amanda and George will train during their two weeks in-country. We look forward to sharing Amanda and George’s experience with all of Extension, COA, and Purdue University upon their return.

Best of luck, Amanda and George!

Jim

James Murren
International Extension Program Coordinator
International Programs in Agriculture & Purdue Extension
Purdue University
Agricultural Administration Building, Room 26
615 West State Street
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1168, USA

email: jmurren@purdue.edu
phone: 01.765.494.9831
fax: 01.765.494.9613
http://www.ag.purdue.edu/ipia/Pages/extension.aspx

Purdue Improved Cowpea Project

The Purdue Improved Cowpea Storage (PICS) is a five-year project to improve cowpea storage in West and Central Africa. The goal of the PICS project is to have 50% of cowpea in West and Central Africa stored with hermetic method by 2012. The project is being implemented in 10 different countries in West and Central Africa, including Nigeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Senegal, Cameroon, Benin, Togo and Chad. The PICS project plans to disseminate the triple-layer sack technology in 28,000 villages in West and Central Africa.