Stories from Ghana - Feed the Future

Rebecca Dowokpor upgrades her rice processing equipment with support from USAID

After finishing middle school in 1981, Rebecca Dowokpor could not afford to continue her education. To make ends meet, she began selling rice at the Asutsuare market in the Eastern Region.

Peace Corps Volunteer Tricia Rasmussen

USAID and Peace Corps are both celebrating their 50th anniversaries this year, as well as their ongoing collaboration.  Both agencies have been active in Ghana since 1961.

Two women checking the quality of rice in Ghana

The US Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture (FAO), Madam
Ertharin Cousin, visited Malshegu, near Tamale, in Ghana’s Northern Region.

A Ghanaian woman in her fish smoking house

Chief fishermen, fish mongers and fish processors from Ghana’s Western Region, and officials from
the Government of Ghana, conducted study tours in the coastal areas in Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal an