There are 313 projects that match your search.
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
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2011
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28,500.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: GHA/SGP/OP5/ CORE/BD/11/18/005 |
Project Background
The very existence of Pygmy hippopotamus found in the Tano River basin of Ahafo was regarded as a myth by many Ghanaian politicians, policy makers, development partners and other conservationists between 2002 and 2010 when ( ... )
Shepherd Ghana a local NGO in collaboration with staff of Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission at Goaso and with the support of local farmers first made the report on the existence of Hippopotamus in the Tano River. It was until 18th March 2011 when one of the Pygmy Hippos was found dead at Sienchem of the Asutifi district of the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. Fewer than 12 are
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Ghana
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Land Degradation
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2011
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29,750.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: GHA/SGP/OP5/CORE/LD/11/18/002 |
1.0 PROJECT BACKGROUND
Pelungu is currently under the Talensi/Nabdam district, one of the districts carved from the Bolgatanga District Assembly (now Bolgatanga Municipality) in August 2004 with Tongo as the district capital. However, with the ( ... )
proposed creation of new districts by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD), Pelungu will fall under the Nabdam District with Nagonde as the District capital. The population of Pelungu is currently difficult to establish since it has to be extrapolated from the composite figures that constituted Bolgatanga district of which Talensi/Nabdam (including Pelungu) area was a
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Ghana
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Chemicals
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2011
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28,700.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: GHA/SGP/OP5/CORE/CH/11/18/003 |
1.1 SOCIO-ECONOMIC BACKGROUND OF THE BONTANGA COMMUNITIES.
The Bontanga communities are located in the Tolon-Kumbungu District of Northern Region. The Bontanga community comprises Kumbungu, Kpalsogu, Zangbalin, Voggu Kushibo,Dalun and number of ( ... )
smaller villages within the catchment area of the Bontanga Irrigation scheme. There are approximately 100 compounds or farming households, habitating 8-15 persons, in each village in the Bontanga area. The Bontanga Community comparatively, is much larger with 5-7 large villages with an average of 350-400 households. The population estimate is close to 3000.
Every household in these two
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Ghana
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Land Degradation
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2011
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28,500.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: GHA/SGP/OP5/CORE/LD/11/18/001 |
1. PROJECT DESCRIPTION
1.1 PROJECT AREA BACKGROUND
Meyikpor and Sogrunu-Korpe are purely rural communities in Ga West Municipality. Their main occupation is farming. Women act as heads of families due to the fact that they are uneducated ( ... )
mothers and work tirelessly to maintain their families but they continue to be poor with little or no education. The area is undeveloped and hard to reach. Although the communities are not far from Accra, they lack most of the basic amenities such as water, health post, markets, schools, light and roads.
1.2 DEFINITION OF THE PROBLEM
The project area has undergone serious land degradation
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Ghana
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Land Degradation
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2011
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24,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: GHA/SGP/OP5/CORE/LD/11/18/004 |
BACKGROUND TO THE PROJECT AREA
The two main activities of YIDRHRP include raising awareness about desertification causes and impacts, and the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources through woodlot establishment. The woodlots ( ... )
se a total of 13 acres and are aimed at providing women with alternative sustainable sources of firewood, alleviating poverty, reducing deforestation and land degradation, and creating awareness on combating desertification through tree planting. This part of the project also aims to provide practical demonstrations to local people that they can then replicate for sustainable fuelwood and a
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
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2010
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21,500.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: GHA/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/2009/049 |
Project Objectives and intended results.
The goal of the project is to promote sustainable beekeeping and grass cutter rearing activity for smallholder families along the fringes of the Kyabobo National Park in the Nkwanta District, that impact ( ... )
vely in a broader economic sense and also creates consciousness about the importance of biodiversity/ conservation.
Records indicate that between 2005 to date, 26 arrests of poachers in the Kyabobo Park were made and 56 guns confiscated. This is an indication that about three or four times the above number of poaching has gone on behind the scene necessitating the need for WADEP to intensify
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Ghana
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Biodiversity Land Degradation
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2009
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24,700.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: GHA/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/2009/040 |
The people of Adaklu-Have have long depended on slash-and-burn agriculture and charcoal production as their livelihood strategies. Alongside these activities, hunting for bush meat as the surest source of protein is a long cherished activity. The ( ... )
f the hunting is usually during the harmattan when bush burning is very common.
Today, the rapidly growing human population and the diminishing resources of fertile land coupled with decrease in soil flora and fauna, present major problems in the area.
Deforestation therefore in the Adaklu-Have area is as a result of indiscriminate bush burning, fuel wood and charcoal production, poor farming
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
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2009
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10,000.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: GHA/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/2009/036 |
Background of the Community
Akropong and Kwasilansa lies within the central region of the Mfantseman District. The traditional area covers a total area of 200,000 ha and has an estimated population of around 10,000. The settlements are rural ( ... )
ing communities. A cursory survey of the primary occupation of the people in the area revealed that 82% of the active labour force was engaged in farming, 0.6% in food processing (gari and oil palm), 6% in trading, 0.4% in hunting and palm wine, and 1% in other occupations2.
The settlements are one of the richest heritages in the Mfantseman District in terms of natural resources, including
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Ghana
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Biodiversity Land Degradation
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2009
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23,700.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: GHA/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/2009/041 |
3.1 PROBLEM
In most parts of the Upper West Region, forest cover, which serves as the habitat of wildlife and the source of other wood and non-wood forest products are increasingly lost. Thus, wildlife is depleted, reducing the income generation ( ... )
ial of the area as an eco-tourism site. In view of this the few remaining wild animals take solace in the reserve.
The increasing depletion of wildlife in Gilan and its environs is attributed to annual ritual wildfires, inappropriate farming practices and inappropriate fuel wood harvesting with their attendant destruction of vegetative cover and habitat loss which have resulted in erratic
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Ghana
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Biodiversity Land Degradation
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2009
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22,700.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: GHA/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/2009/046 |
DEFINITION OF PROBLEM (THREATS TO DENTE GROVE)
The renewable natural resources of Dente Grove, comprising forests harbouring a wide variety of globally important and unique flora and fauna, nationally important freshwater ecosystems, and diverse ( ... )
nal species resources play a major role in the economic, religious, and cultural life of the Krachis. These important resources, however, are under threat from human-induced pressures, including over-exploitation and habitat degradation due to illicit logging, hunting and bushfires.
The local population who are mainly farmers use slash and burn farming methods for both cash and food crops
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Ghana
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Chemicals
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2009
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22,400.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: GHA/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/2009/038 |
PROJECT BACKGROUND
Kasoa is in the Awutu Senya district of the Central region. It has a big population and also has a big well organised market which is patronized bi-weekly by villages within and without the district. After each market day large ( ... )
s of waste are generated. Wastes generated in the market environment have a high content of organic materials which are good for composting.
A study of the type of waste generated at the market indicated that large constituents are:
i. Organic (food wastes, sawdust) (80%)
ii. Inert materials (sand etc) (10%)
iii. Plastics (6%)
iv. Paper (4%)
A very
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Ghana
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2009
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20,000.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: GHA/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/2009/053 |
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
2.1 Background of Project Area
The West Mumprusi district in the Northern region is considered one of the deprived areas, though a potential bread basket of the country. The district borders the Upper East Region which has seen ( ... )
etation almost depleted by overpopulation and over exploitation. Many people from the Upper East are settling in the District in order to have land to farm. As a result, pressure is gradually increasing on the land and its resources. Therefore the time is now to act before the situation gets out of hand. PROCESS was invited in 2006 by the West Mamprusi District Assembly to take part in discussing
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Ghana
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2009
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49,950.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: GHA/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/2009/044 |
PROBLEM DEFINITION
The project areas are experiencing increasing soil erosion, water scarcity, reduced agricultural productivity and decreased nutritional value of food crops. Land degradation and drought are causing severe hardship for many ( ... )
who directly depend upon the natural resources for survival. Women and children, in particular, bear the greatest burden in times of drought. Women are responsible for hauling water and firewood for the household, and desertification can add hours to labour to an already fully charged workday. During food scarcity, the health of women and children are also at greater risk.
The constraints
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Ghana
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2009
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50,000.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: GHA/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/2009/044 |
PROBLEM DEFINITION
The project areas are experiencing increasing soil erosion, water scarcity, reduced agricultural productivity and decreased nutritional value of food crops. Land degradation and drought are causing severe hardship for many ( ... )
who directly depend upon the natural resources for survival. Women and children, in particular, bear the greatest burden in times of drought. Women are responsible for hauling water and firewood for the household, and desertification can add hours to labour to an already fully charged workday. During food scarcity, the health of women and children are also at greater risk.
The constraints
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
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2009
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24,000.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: GHA/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE /2009/042 |
PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND INTENDED RESULTS
Project Background
The project site is the only location in the high forest zone in Ghana to harbour a sub-population of the globally threatened Common Hippopotamus. It is made up of meandering loops of ( ... )
no River fed by several small and large tributaries. Together with the mixture of hilly and flat terrain, these extensive riverine network offer excellent deep pools for refuge and extensive flat grassy and herbaceous vegetation beyond the riverine forest for food.
The hippo population has taken refuge in an area where they are not naturally known to the local communities. Most sections of
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
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2009
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24,200.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: GHA/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/2009/037 |
1.0 BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT AREA
Eguafo is an ancient settlement of the 11th century, which migrated from Old Ghana Empire through Techiman. They were the former overlords of Komenda, Edina and Abrem, which now constitute KEEAMA. Eguafo became ( ... )
opular in the 15th Century by Nana Kwamina Ansah who leased the two pieces of land on which the Portuguese built the St. George’s Castle and Fort St Jago both in Elmina, once part of the Eguafo Empire. Eguafo was the first entry points to Africa through the West Coast of Africa.
In May 2006, the GEF/SGP under project GHA/SGP/06/092 assisted the two traditional communities to initiate
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Ghana
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Land Degradation
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2009
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15,600.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: GHA/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE-GM/2009/045 |
THE PROBLEM STATEMENT
The main problem confronting the people of Ullo and Konzokalah is land degradation caused mainly by unsustainable land management practices, wildfires and uncontrolled harvesting of trees for firewood and charcoal. Farming ( ... )
ces continue to rely on slash and burn because there are no viable alternative livelihood activities where people would engage themselves. Again, indiscriminate bush burning has become rampant in the traditional area having negative effect on the land productivity. Overgrazing does not allow soils to rejuvenate and regain its lost nutrients to increase crop production but results in decreases
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
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2009
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22,450.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: GHA/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE /2009/035 |
PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION
Bongo District is about 15kilometers North of Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly. It shares boundaries with Burkina Faso to the north. The district has a population of over 82,000 inhabitants. The entire district is stony with ( ... )
ittle top soils.
The people are subsistent farmers, who are experiencing persistent land degradation, resulting from unsustainable agricultural practice, population pressure, indiscriminate bush-burning, overgrazing and trampling of the already infertile land by animals.
The land degradation has led to declining soil quality, long drought periods, scarcity of water, low crop yields, hunger
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
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2009
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20,450.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: GHA/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/2009/043 |
PROBLEM STATEMENT
Ghana is the second leading producer of cocoa in the world but Ghana government has no cocoa plantations. Thus this has been achieved through the combined effort of rural farmers, majority of who are without any formal ( ... )
ion. They simply took advantage of the policy environment and institutional framework provided by government which gives them confidence of ownership and invested in cocoa production anywhere there is forest. It stands to reason that creating a similar policy and institutional environment in the forest sector will stimulate forest owning communities and forest dependent communities to invest in
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Ghana
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Biodiversity Climate Change Mitigation Land Degradation
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2009
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24,700.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: GHA/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/2009/039 |
PROJECT LOCATION BACKGROUND
Sukpere traditional area is located in the western corridor of Wa West District of the Upper West Region and on the shores of the Black Volta River, which also serves as the boundary between Ghana and Burkina Faso. The ( ... )
onal area is made up of six communities namely Sukpere, Oli, Dabo, Nyowri, Guyire and Baaron. The total population of the traditional area is about 18,500
The vegetation of the area is the guinea savanna, characterized by open grassland with isolated trees. The commonest trees in the area are shea and Dawadawa. It is generally a low-lying topography with a cliff, the ‘Mane overlooking the
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