For Ghana’s ASM operators to have any chance of benefitting from the support pledged under these projects (Table 2), however, a decentralized platform must be established. This is an essential first step toward licensing and supporting activities. Table 2. Major donor-funded small-scale mining...
In sub-Saharan Africa, small-scale farmers make up the majority of food producers. While recognizing that the yields per hectare for main food crops are generally low in small-scale food production systems in this region, there are considerable differences in yield output among individual farmers....
2011, respectively) Footnote 14 and the impacts of apprenticeship training are weaker for girls than boys in Malawi (Cho et al. 2013). Women may face more stringent constraints in skills acquisition and business operation, and control over finances often reverts to men even if women are ...