Enact laws to formalise gender responsive budgeting-GTLC 19th Dec 2020 | Source: GNA
The Ghana Trade and Livelihood Coalition (GTLC), an agriculture, trade and policy advocacy non-governmental organization (NGO), has urged government to enact laws that would formalise gender responsive budgeting at all sectors of the economy.
Mr Ibrahim Akalbila, Coordinator of GTLC, said governments needed to pass laws to mandate all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to implement gender responsive budgeting in their operations to ensure gender-equitable distribution of resources.
He said this at a policy dialogue on gender responsive budgeting, in Savelugu, in the Northern region.
The engagement brought together stakeholders from MDAs in the Savelugu Municipality, to share and discuss findings of a study jointly conducted in March 2020 by GTLC, SEND Ghana and OXFAM in Ghana on gender responsive budgeting in the country.
Farmers call for intervention to improve yield - GTLC 18th Dec 2020 | Source: GNA
Farmers in five regions in Northern Ghana have appealed to government and other stakeholders to design more effective interventions to enable them improve on crop yields.
The farmers further called for ban on tomato importation and revisit initial plans to revamp tomato factories in the country, subsidise cost of farm inputs and extend the Planting for Food and Jobs programme to cover all year round.
The farmers needs was contained in the Agro Policy Performance Barometer Report (APPBR 2019) of the Ghana Trade and Livelihood Coalition (GTLC), and was presented at a policy dialogue on gender responsiveness to the planting for Food and Job programme in Tamale.
Farmers call for intervention to improve yield - GTLC
Farmers in five regions in Northern Ghana have appealed to government and other stakeholders to design more effective interventions to enable them to improve on crop yields.
The farmers further called for a ban on tomato importation and revisit initial plans to revamp tomato factories in the country, subsidise the cost of farm inputs and extend the Planting for Food and Jobs programme to cover all year round.
The farmers needs were contained in the Agro Policy Performance Barometer Report (APPBR 2019) of the Ghana Trade and Livelihood Coalition (GTLC), and was presented at a policy dialogue on gender responsiveness to the Planting for Food and Job programme in Tamale.