From "Sacrilege" to Sustainability : Reforestation and Organic Farming in Forikrom, Ghana

Forikrom, a community of 6,000 people in the Techiman District of Ghana, is located in an area of open grassland. The area once produced cocoa, but the practice ended in 1983 after some fires. Further deforestation resulted from inappropriate farmi...

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Main Author:	Easton, Peter
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AFFORESTATION CASH CROPS CASSAVA COCOA COOPERATIVES CROP CROP PRODUCTION CULTIVATION DEFORESTATION DROUGHT DRY SEASON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FARM FARMER FARMERS FARMS FOREST FORESTRY FORESTRY OFFICES FUELWOOD INCOME LOCAL AUTHORITIES MAIZE NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ORGANIC FARMING PLANTAIN PLANTATIONS PLANTING REFORESTATION SEED SEEDLINGS SOIL SOIL FERTILITY STREAMS TOBACCO TREE FARMING TREES UNDP VEGETABLE GARDENING VEGETABLES WATER RIGHTS WATER SOURCE DEFORESTATION ACCESS TO WATER RELIGIOUS PRACTICE DISPUTES SECTS DISPUTE SETTLEMENT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION WATER RIGHTS CONFLICTS AGRICULTURAL TRAINING NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/01/439641/sacrilege-sustainability-reforestation-organic-farming-forikrom-ghana http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10834

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spelling	okr-10986-108342021-06-14T11:03:28Z From "Sacrilege" to Sustainability : Reforestation and Organic Farming in Forikrom, Ghana Easton, Peter AFFORESTATION CASH CROPS CASSAVA COCOA COOPERATIVES CROP CROP PRODUCTION CULTIVATION DEFORESTATION DROUGHT DRY SEASON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FARM FARMER FARMERS FARMS FOREST FORESTRY FORESTRY OFFICES FUELWOOD INCOME LOCAL AUTHORITIES MAIZE NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ORGANIC FARMING PLANTAIN PLANTATIONS PLANTING REFORESTATION SEED SEEDLINGS SOIL SOIL FERTILITY STREAMS TOBACCO TREE FARMING TREES UNDP VEGETABLE GARDENING VEGETABLES WATER RIGHTS WATER SOURCE DEFORESTATION REFORESTATION ORGANIC FARMING ACCESS TO WATER RELIGIOUS PRACTICE DISPUTES SECTS DISPUTE SETTLEMENT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WATER RIGHTS CONFLICTS AGRICULTURAL TRAINING NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY Forikrom, a community of 6,000 people in the Techiman District of Ghana, is located in an area of open grassland. The area once produced cocoa, but the practice ended in 1983 after some fires. Further deforestation resulted from inappropriate farming methods. Forikrom has now turned the corner to reforestation of its environment, but the initiative did not succeed without significant cultural conflict and could have reached the level it has without the impetus for new solutions that the conflict produced. The most important consequences of the Forikrom initiative have been: a) social comity and b) the emergence of an environmentally-conscious community that serves as a model for other towns in the region. 2012-08-13T13:14:20Z 2012-08-13T13:14:20Z 1999-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/01/439641/sacrilege-sustainability-reforestation-organic-farming-forikrom-ghana http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10834 English Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes; No. 4 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Ghana
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topic	AFFORESTATION CASH CROPS CASSAVA COCOA COOPERATIVES CROP CROP PRODUCTION CULTIVATION DEFORESTATION DROUGHT DRY SEASON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FARM FARMER FARMERS FARMS FOREST FORESTRY FORESTRY OFFICES FUELWOOD INCOME LOCAL AUTHORITIES MAIZE NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ORGANIC FARMING PLANTAIN PLANTATIONS PLANTING REFORESTATION SEED SEEDLINGS SOIL SOIL FERTILITY STREAMS TOBACCO TREE FARMING TREES UNDP VEGETABLE GARDENING VEGETABLES WATER RIGHTS WATER SOURCE DEFORESTATION REFORESTATION ORGANIC FARMING ACCESS TO WATER RELIGIOUS PRACTICE DISPUTES SECTS DISPUTE SETTLEMENT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WATER RIGHTS CONFLICTS AGRICULTURAL TRAINING NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
spellingShingle	AFFORESTATION CASH CROPS CASSAVA COCOA COOPERATIVES CROP CROP PRODUCTION CULTIVATION DEFORESTATION DROUGHT DRY SEASON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FARM FARMER FARMERS FARMS FOREST FORESTRY FORESTRY OFFICES FUELWOOD INCOME LOCAL AUTHORITIES MAIZE NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ORGANIC FARMING PLANTAIN PLANTATIONS PLANTING REFORESTATION SEED SEEDLINGS SOIL SOIL FERTILITY STREAMS TOBACCO TREE FARMING TREES UNDP VEGETABLE GARDENING VEGETABLES WATER RIGHTS WATER SOURCE DEFORESTATION REFORESTATION ORGANIC FARMING ACCESS TO WATER RELIGIOUS PRACTICE DISPUTES SECTS DISPUTE SETTLEMENT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WATER RIGHTS CONFLICTS AGRICULTURAL TRAINING NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY Easton, Peter From "Sacrilege" to Sustainability : Reforestation and Organic Farming in Forikrom, Ghana
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description	Forikrom, a community of 6,000 people in the Techiman District of Ghana, is located in an area of open grassland. The area once produced cocoa, but the practice ended in 1983 after some fires. Further deforestation resulted from inappropriate farming methods. Forikrom has now turned the corner to reforestation of its environment, but the initiative did not succeed without significant cultural conflict and could have reached the level it has without the impetus for new solutions that the conflict produced. The most important consequences of the Forikrom initiative have been: a) social comity and b) the emergence of an environmentally-conscious community that serves as a model for other towns in the region.
format	Publications & Research :: Brief
author	Easton, Peter
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author_sort	Easton, Peter
title	From "Sacrilege" to Sustainability : Reforestation and Organic Farming in Forikrom, Ghana
title_short	From "Sacrilege" to Sustainability : Reforestation and Organic Farming in Forikrom, Ghana
title_full	From "Sacrilege" to Sustainability : Reforestation and Organic Farming in Forikrom, Ghana
title_fullStr	From "Sacrilege" to Sustainability : Reforestation and Organic Farming in Forikrom, Ghana
title_full_unstemmed	From "Sacrilege" to Sustainability : Reforestation and Organic Farming in Forikrom, Ghana
title_sort	from "sacrilege" to sustainability : reforestation and organic farming in forikrom, ghana
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/01/439641/sacrilege-sustainability-reforestation-organic-farming-forikrom-ghana http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10834
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