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Title: The impacts of post-harvest crop research on poverty alleviation: Two case studies from Northern Ghana

Date Published: 2000
Author/s: Helen J. Altshul
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Affiliation: Rwebitaba Zonal Agricultural Research Development Institute - RwebiZARDI, University of Greenwich Research Fellow
Natural Resources International Limited
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This paper is based on an interim evaluation exercise carried out in 1998 for research
projects funded by the Department for International Development Crop Post-Harvest
Research Programme. Field visits were made to applied research projects on cowpeas
and cassava in the Northern Region of Ghana and informal discussions were held with
a range of stakeholders. The cowpea project has developed safer, more effective
methods of fumigating stored grain than those previously practised by farmers and
traders.