Sumaila Saaka News Today

World Vision Ghana, a Christian development and advocacy organisation, has engaged relevant stakeholders in the Upper East Region as part of efforts to scaling up the Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) approaches to restore degraded forests and landscapes in the region. The engagement was to showcase the successes of the…

Pupils in some basic schools in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region have sensitised their respective communities on good environmental practices to protect the environment and mitigate challenges of climate change. The pupils, through drawings and posters, educated their parents and major community stakeholders on how some human…

The Forum for Natural Regeneration (FONAR), an environmentally focused non-governmental organisation has sensitised farmers in the Nabdam District, Upper East Region, on an advanced concept of the Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) technology. Lead farmers from two farming communities, Karaboug and Dasang in the district were introduced to the concept…

Pupils of some basic schools in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region have proffered practical solutions through arts to curb environmental degradation and conserve natural resources. Through posters and drawings, the pupils demonstrated how certain activities destroyed the environment and the effects on livelihoods, natural resources and the…

The Forum for Natural Regeneration (FONAR), Non-Governmental Organisation, has begun a natural regeneration project in the Nabdam District in the Upper East Region to help restore degraded farmlands and empower women to improve livelihoods. The project, dubbed: “Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration for Women’s Empowerment and Livelihoods Project (FMNR4WELP),” aims at…

Mr Sumaila Saaka, Executive Director, Forum for Natural Regeneration (FONAR), a Non-Governmental Organisation, has called for the adoption of Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) in schools as part measures to protect and manage the environment against destruction. This, he said, would empower the children and instill in them the required…

Mr Stephen Yakubu, the Upper East Regional Minister, says the Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) concept is a sustainable land and forest restoration strategy with the greatest potential to complementing government’s Green Ghana initiative to mitigate climate change. He, therefore, joined the advocacy to have the concept incorporated into national…

The Forum for Natural Regeneration (FONAR), an Environmentally focused Non- Organisation, in the Upper East Region has advocated for the adoption and integration of Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) into agriculture and forestry policies to help restore degraded lands and help mitigate climate change. The Executive Director of FONAR ,…