Ghana
Ghana (/ˈɡɑːnə/), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a sovereign unitary presidential constitutional democracy, located along the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa. Spanning a land mass of 238,535 km2, Ghana is bordered by the Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, Togo in the east and the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean in the south.(Source: DBpedia)
JIRCAS Report
TERRA Africa Project Workshop Held in Nigeria <br> —Toward the Development and Implementation of Regenerative Agriculture Packages—
On August 27 and 28, 2026, the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) held a workshop for the TERRA Africa Project at the headquarters of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan, Nigeria. The workshop, themed “Strengthening Science-Based Regenerative Agriculture Packages for Sustainable Farming Systems in Africa,” was attended by approximately 35 researchers and stakeholders from Japan, Ghana, Nigeria, Mali, Uganda, and Ethiopia, including representatives from the Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA), universities, national research institutions, IITA, and the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA). An additional 10 participants joined online.
Senior Researcher DAN Haruyuki Receives the President’s Award from the Japanese Society for Tropical Agriculture
On March 16, 2026, at the 139th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Tropical Agriculture (JSTA) held at the University of Tsukuba, Dr. DAN Haruyuki, Senior Researcher in the Rural Development Division, received the JSTA President’s Award and delivered a commemorative lecture.
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Pick Up554. Enhancing the Function of Water Facilities at the African Farmer Level
Sub-Saharan Africa imports increasing amounts of rice from Asia and North America each year to meet growing domestic rice consumption. In order to realize the goal of doubling rice production in Africa, it is essential to efficiently and sustainably cultivate rice in lowland areas. However, earth canals maintained with farmer-level technology are eroded by water runoffs and rainfall, reducing the function of the canals and making it impossible to plant rice. JIRCAS has prepared and released a manual that enables local farmers to construct low-cost irrigation facilities and maintain over the long term with their own technology. -
Pick Up536. Water connects you and Africa ~ SDGs and Agricultural Water Use
The JIRCAS Online Open House 2022 was held last month and the mini-lectures by research staff are archived on our YouTube channel. Today, we would like to introduce the mini-lecture entitled “Water connects you and Africa ~ SDGs and Agricultural Water Use”. -
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アフリカ稲作振興のためのかんがいスキームにおける小水力発電導入ガイドライン
Ansah, Solomon Gyan, Imoro, Al-Hassan, Manteaw, Georgina, Aboagye, Patrick Ohene, Adu-Dankwa, Eric Samuel, Oppong-Boateng, Richard, Ashaley, James, Senoo, Prince Mensah, Amesawu, Francis, Lamptey, Samuel Evans, Amegah, Promise, Korru, Fiaho Xoese, Nathaniel, Bartimeus, Tong Kurug, Kenneth, Afari, Philemon Obiri, 廣内, 慎司, 山田, 雅一, Manual and Guideline. ( )
Guidelines for the Introduction of Small Hydropower in Irrigation Schemes in Ghana for the Promotion of Rice Cultivation in Africa
Ansah, Solomon Gyan, Imoro, Al-Hassan, Manteaw, Georgina, Aboagye, Patrick Ohene, Adu-Dankwa, Eric Samuel, Oppong-Boateng, Richard, Ashaley, James, Senoo, Prince Mensah, Amesawu, Francis, Lamptey, Samuel Evans, Amegah, Promise, Korru, Fiaho Xoese, Nathaniel, Bartimeus, Tong Kurug, Kenneth, Afari, Philemon Obiri, HIROUCHI, Shinji, YAMADA, Masakazu, Manual and Guideline. ( )
広報JIRCAS (15)
国立研究開発法人国際農林水産業研究センター, 広報JIRCAS. 15 ( )
jircas15-_-.pdf4.29 MB
広報JIRCAS (14)
国立研究開発法人国際農林水産業研究センター, 広報JIRCAS. 14 ( )
jircas14-_-.pdf7.66 MB
広報JIRCAS (10)
国立研究開発法人国際農林水産業研究センター, 広報JIRCAS. 10 ( )
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Events
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Workshop on “Improvement of Soil Fertility with Use of Indigenous Resources in Rice Systems in Ghana.”
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International Conference Center University of Development Studies (USD), Nyankpala Ghana
Research Highlights
- Farmers’ views on soil fertility: Validity of farmers’ perceptions of soil fertility and their application to field management(2025)
- Enhancing yam yield through strategic planting: a climate-resilient approach(2024)
- Enhancing leguminous crop production in semi-arid regions with low-grade phosphate rock as an affordable fertilizer alternative(2024)
- Mitigating income stagnation and volatility in African smallholder agriculture using small reservoir irrigation technology and stochastic programming model(2022)
- A curve number estimation model to accurately calculate reservoir inflow(2022)
- Effect of non-flooded water management on inside-canopy temperature dynamics, spikelet sterility, and grain yield of lowland rice in the tropics(2020)
- Topographical selection and sulfur application enable high grain yields in rice in currently unutilized floodplain ecosystems of northern Ghana(2017)
- Reinforcement technology that can be applied by farmers themselves using ground-cover plants for irrigation facilities in paddy fields(2017)
- High-yielding and stable rice varieties in the flood plains of Upper Volta River in Ghana(2015)
- Manual of soil fertility improvement technologies in lowland rice ecologies of Ghana(2014)
Article and Publication
2025
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Ansah, Solomon Gyan , Imoro, Al-Hassan , Manteaw, Georgina , Aboagye, Patrick Ohene , Adu-Dankwa, Eric Samuel , Oppong-Boateng, Richard , Ashaley, James , Senoo, Prince Mensah , Amesawu, Francis , Lamptey, Samuel Evans , Amegah, Promise , Korru, Fiaho Xoese , Nathaniel, Bartimeus , Tong Kurug, Kenneth , Afari, Philemon Obiri , HIROUCHI, Shinji , YAMADA, Masakazu Imoro, Al-Hassan (2025) Guidelines for the Introduction of Small Hydropower in Irrigation Schemes in Ghana for the Promotion of Rice Cultivation in Africa. , 0 :1-29. https://doi.org/10.64096/jircas2025.005
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Ansah, Solomon Gyan , Imoro, Al-Hassan , Manteaw, Georgina , Aboagye, Patrick Ohene , Adu-Dankwa, Eric Samuel , Oppong-Boateng, Richard , Ashaley, James , Senoo, Prince Mensah , Amesawu, Francis , Lamptey, Samuel Evans , Amegah, Promise , Korru, Fiaho Xoese , Nathaniel, Bartimeus , Tong Kurug, Kenneth , Afari, Philemon Obiri , HIROUCHI, Shinji , YAMADA, Masakazu Lamptey, Samuel Evans (2025) Guidelines for the Introduction of Small Hydropower in Irrigation Schemes in Ghana for the Promotion of Rice Cultivation in Africa. , 0 :1-29. https://doi.org/10.64096/jircas2025.005
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Ansah, Solomon Gyan , Imoro, Al-Hassan , Manteaw, Georgina , Aboagye, Patrick Ohene , Adu-Dankwa, Eric Samuel , Oppong-Boateng, Richard , Ashaley, James , Senoo, Prince Mensah , Amesawu, Francis , Lamptey, Samuel Evans , Amegah, Promise , Korru, Fiaho Xoese , Nathaniel, Bartimeus , Tong Kurug, Kenneth , Afari, Philemon Obiri , HIROUCHI, Shinji , YAMADA, Masakazu Ansah, Solomon Gyan (2025) Guidelines for the Introduction of Small Hydropower in Irrigation Schemes in Ghana for the Promotion of Rice Cultivation in Africa. , 0 :1-29. https://doi.org/10.64096/jircas2025.005
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Ansah, Solomon Gyan , Imoro, Al-Hassan , Manteaw, Georgina , Aboagye, Patrick Ohene , Adu-Dankwa, Eric Samuel , Oppong-Boateng, Richard , Ashaley, James , Senoo, Prince Mensah , Amesawu, Francis , Lamptey, Samuel Evans , Amegah, Promise , Korru, Fiaho Xoese , Nathaniel, Bartimeus , Tong Kurug, Kenneth , Afari, Philemon Obiri , HIROUCHI, Shinji , YAMADA, Masakazu Amesawu, Francis (2025) Guidelines for the Introduction of Small Hydropower in Irrigation Schemes in Ghana for the Promotion of Rice Cultivation in Africa. , 0 :1-29. https://doi.org/10.64096/jircas2025.005
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Ansah, Solomon Gyan , Imoro, Al-Hassan , Manteaw, Georgina , Aboagye, Patrick Ohene , Adu-Dankwa, Eric Samuel , Oppong-Boateng, Richard , Ashaley, James , Senoo, Prince Mensah , Amesawu, Francis , Lamptey, Samuel Evans , Amegah, Promise , Korru, Fiaho Xoese , Nathaniel, Bartimeus , Tong Kurug, Kenneth , Afari, Philemon Obiri , HIROUCHI, Shinji , YAMADA, Masakazu YAMADA, Masakazu (2025) Guidelines for the Introduction of Small Hydropower in Irrigation Schemes in Ghana for the Promotion of Rice Cultivation in Africa. , 0 :1-29. https://doi.org/10.64096/jircas2025.005
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Ansah, Solomon Gyan , Imoro, Al-Hassan , Manteaw, Georgina , Aboagye, Patrick Ohene , Adu-Dankwa, Eric Samuel , Oppong-Boateng, Richard , Ashaley, James , Senoo, Prince Mensah , Amesawu, Francis , Lamptey, Samuel Evans , Amegah, Promise , Korru, Fiaho Xoese , Nathaniel, Bartimeus , Tong Kurug, Kenneth , Afari, Philemon Obiri , HIROUCHI, Shinji , YAMADA, Masakazu Ashaley, James (2025) Guidelines for the Introduction of Small Hydropower in Irrigation Schemes in Ghana for the Promotion of Rice Cultivation in Africa. , 0 :1-29. https://doi.org/10.64096/jircas2025.005
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Ansah, Solomon Gyan , Imoro, Al-Hassan , Manteaw, Georgina , Aboagye, Patrick Ohene , Adu-Dankwa, Eric Samuel , Oppong-Boateng, Richard , Ashaley, James , Senoo, Prince Mensah , Amesawu, Francis , Lamptey, Samuel Evans , Amegah, Promise , Korru, Fiaho Xoese , Nathaniel, Bartimeus , Tong Kurug, Kenneth , Afari, Philemon Obiri , HIROUCHI, Shinji , YAMADA, Masakazu Afari, Philemon Obiri (2025) Guidelines for the Introduction of Small Hydropower in Irrigation Schemes in Ghana for the Promotion of Rice Cultivation in Africa. , 0 :1-29. https://doi.org/10.64096/jircas2025.005
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Ansah, Solomon Gyan , Imoro, Al-Hassan , Manteaw, Georgina , Aboagye, Patrick Ohene , Adu-Dankwa, Eric Samuel , Oppong-Boateng, Richard , Ashaley, James , Senoo, Prince Mensah , Amesawu, Francis , Lamptey, Samuel Evans , Amegah, Promise , Korru, Fiaho Xoese , Nathaniel, Bartimeus , Tong Kurug, Kenneth , Afari, Philemon Obiri , HIROUCHI, Shinji , YAMADA, Masakazu Oppong-Boateng, Richard (2025) Guidelines for the Introduction of Small Hydropower in Irrigation Schemes in Ghana for the Promotion of Rice Cultivation in Africa. , 0 :1-29. https://doi.org/10.64096/jircas2025.005
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Ansah, Solomon Gyan , Imoro, Al-Hassan , Manteaw, Georgina , Aboagye, Patrick Ohene , Adu-Dankwa, Eric Samuel , Oppong-Boateng, Richard , Ashaley, James , Senoo, Prince Mensah , Amesawu, Francis , Lamptey, Samuel Evans , Amegah, Promise , Korru, Fiaho Xoese , Nathaniel, Bartimeus , Tong Kurug, Kenneth , Afari, Philemon Obiri , HIROUCHI, Shinji , YAMADA, Masakazu Tong Kurug, Kenneth (2025) Guidelines for the Introduction of Small Hydropower in Irrigation Schemes in Ghana for the Promotion of Rice Cultivation in Africa. , 0 :1-29. https://doi.org/10.64096/jircas2025.005
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Ansah, Solomon Gyan , Imoro, Al-Hassan , Manteaw, Georgina , Aboagye, Patrick Ohene , Adu-Dankwa, Eric Samuel , Oppong-Boateng, Richard , Ashaley, James , Senoo, Prince Mensah , Amesawu, Francis , Lamptey, Samuel Evans , Amegah, Promise , Korru, Fiaho Xoese , Nathaniel, Bartimeus , Tong Kurug, Kenneth , Afari, Philemon Obiri , HIROUCHI, Shinji , YAMADA, Masakazu Aboagye, Patrick Ohene (2025) Guidelines for the Introduction of Small Hydropower in Irrigation Schemes in Ghana for the Promotion of Rice Cultivation in Africa. , 0 :1-29. https://doi.org/10.64096/jircas2025.005
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Ansah, Solomon Gyan , Imoro, Al-Hassan , Manteaw, Georgina , Aboagye, Patrick Ohene , Adu-Dankwa, Eric Samuel , Oppong-Boateng, Richard , Ashaley, James , Senoo, Prince Mensah , Amesawu, Francis , Lamptey, Samuel Evans , Amegah, Promise , Korru, Fiaho Xoese , Nathaniel, Bartimeus , Tong Kurug, Kenneth , Afari, Philemon Obiri , HIROUCHI, Shinji , YAMADA, Masakazu Korru, Fiaho Xoese (2025) Guidelines for the Introduction of Small Hydropower in Irrigation Schemes in Ghana for the Promotion of Rice Cultivation in Africa. , 0 :1-29. https://doi.org/10.64096/jircas2025.005
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Ansah, Solomon Gyan , Imoro, Al-Hassan , Manteaw, Georgina , Aboagye, Patrick Ohene , Adu-Dankwa, Eric Samuel , Oppong-Boateng, Richard , Ashaley, James , Senoo, Prince Mensah , Amesawu, Francis , Lamptey, Samuel Evans , Amegah, Promise , Korru, Fiaho Xoese , Nathaniel, Bartimeus , Tong Kurug, Kenneth , Afari, Philemon Obiri , HIROUCHI, Shinji , YAMADA, Masakazu Manteaw, Georgina (2025) Guidelines for the Introduction of Small Hydropower in Irrigation Schemes in Ghana for the Promotion of Rice Cultivation in Africa. , 0 :1-29. https://doi.org/10.64096/jircas2025.005
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Ansah, Solomon Gyan , Imoro, Al-Hassan , Manteaw, Georgina , Aboagye, Patrick Ohene , Adu-Dankwa, Eric Samuel , Oppong-Boateng, Richard , Ashaley, James , Senoo, Prince Mensah , Amesawu, Francis , Lamptey, Samuel Evans , Amegah, Promise , Korru, Fiaho Xoese , Nathaniel, Bartimeus , Tong Kurug, Kenneth , Afari, Philemon Obiri , HIROUCHI, Shinji , YAMADA, Masakazu Amegah, Promise (2025) Guidelines for the Introduction of Small Hydropower in Irrigation Schemes in Ghana for the Promotion of Rice Cultivation in Africa. , 0 :1-29. https://doi.org/10.64096/jircas2025.005
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Ansah, Solomon Gyan , Imoro, Al-Hassan , Manteaw, Georgina , Aboagye, Patrick Ohene , Adu-Dankwa, Eric Samuel , Oppong-Boateng, Richard , Ashaley, James , Senoo, Prince Mensah , Amesawu, Francis , Lamptey, Samuel Evans , Amegah, Promise , Korru, Fiaho Xoese , Nathaniel, Bartimeus , Tong Kurug, Kenneth , Afari, Philemon Obiri , HIROUCHI, Shinji , YAMADA, Masakazu Ansah, Solomon Gyan (2025) Guidelines for the Introduction of Small Hydropower in Irrigation Schemes in Ghana for the Promotion of Rice Cultivation in Africa. , 0 :1-29. https://doi.org/10.64096/jircas2025.005
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Ansah, Solomon Gyan , Imoro, Al-Hassan , Manteaw, Georgina , Aboagye, Patrick Ohene , Adu-Dankwa, Eric Samuel , Oppong-Boateng, Richard , Ashaley, James , Senoo, Prince Mensah , Amesawu, Francis , Lamptey, Samuel Evans , Amegah, Promise , Korru, Fiaho Xoese , Nathaniel, Bartimeus , Tong Kurug, Kenneth , Afari, Philemon Obiri , HIROUCHI, Shinji , YAMADA, Masakazu Amesawu, Francis (2025) Guidelines for the Introduction of Small Hydropower in Irrigation Schemes in Ghana for the Promotion of Rice Cultivation in Africa. , 0 :1-29. https://doi.org/10.64096/jircas2025.005
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Ansah, Solomon Gyan , Imoro, Al-Hassan , Manteaw, Georgina , Aboagye, Patrick Ohene , Adu-Dankwa, Eric Samuel , Oppong-Boateng, Richard , Ashaley, James , Senoo, Prince Mensah , Amesawu, Francis , Lamptey, Samuel Evans , Amegah, Promise , Korru, Fiaho Xoese , Nathaniel, Bartimeus , Tong Kurug, Kenneth , Afari, Philemon Obiri , HIROUCHI, Shinji , YAMADA, Masakazu YAMADA, Masakazu (2025) Guidelines for the Introduction of Small Hydropower in Irrigation Schemes in Ghana for the Promotion of Rice Cultivation in Africa. , 0 :1-29. https://doi.org/10.64096/jircas2025.005
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Ansah, Solomon Gyan , Imoro, Al-Hassan , Manteaw, Georgina , Aboagye, Patrick Ohene , Adu-Dankwa, Eric Samuel , Oppong-Boateng, Richard , Ashaley, James , Senoo, Prince Mensah , Amesawu, Francis , Lamptey, Samuel Evans , Amegah, Promise , Korru, Fiaho Xoese , Nathaniel, Bartimeus , Tong Kurug, Kenneth , Afari, Philemon Obiri , HIROUCHI, Shinji , YAMADA, Masakazu Senoo, Prince Mensah (2025) Guidelines for the Introduction of Small Hydropower in Irrigation Schemes in Ghana for the Promotion of Rice Cultivation in Africa. , 0 :1-29. https://doi.org/10.64096/jircas2025.005
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Ansah, Solomon Gyan , Imoro, Al-Hassan , Manteaw, Georgina , Aboagye, Patrick Ohene , Adu-Dankwa, Eric Samuel , Oppong-Boateng, Richard , Ashaley, James , Senoo, Prince Mensah , Amesawu, Francis , Lamptey, Samuel Evans , Amegah, Promise , Korru, Fiaho Xoese , Nathaniel, Bartimeus , Tong Kurug, Kenneth , Afari, Philemon Obiri , HIROUCHI, Shinji , YAMADA, Masakazu HIROUCHI, Shinji (2025) Guidelines for the Introduction of Small Hydropower in Irrigation Schemes in Ghana for the Promotion of Rice Cultivation in Africa. , 0 :1-29. https://doi.org/10.64096/jircas2025.005
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