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Ghana Permaculture Network

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Commenced:	01/07/2004
Submitted:	27/09/2011
Last updated:	07/10/2015
Location:	Techiman, Techiman, Brong-Ahafo, GH
Website:	www.permacultureghana.wordpress.com
Climate zone:	Wet/Dry Tropical

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Ghana Permaculture Network

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Urban, Rural, Residential, Community, Demonstration, Educational

Project Summary

National network of Permaculture projects in Ghana. Permaculture training and project development

Project Description

The Ghana Permaculture Network (GPN) is coordinated by Mr Paul Yeboah, who has been working with permaculture in Ghana since 2003.

GPN has a small farm demonstration and training site on the edge of Techiman, and have recently aquired a larger site nearby where the Ghana Permaculture Institute (GPI) will be built. The aim is that GPI will intensively train 50 students every 6 months and then find them placements on projects around Ghana and perhaps neighbouring countries.

GPI has a network of students and supported community projects in many location throughout Ghana, involving: community tree nurseries with millions of trees in them; womens group microfinanace projects; medicinal soap making from moringa (nitrogen fixing tree); mushroom production; alley cropping, food forests and agroforestry and many more. See website for more details.

GPI is happy to host international volunteers and interns, and has in the past been able to provide university credit for student placements.

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