Ghana’s Roosting Bird
- Synopsis
- A short film looking at what Ghanaian farmer’s have to battle with. Despite plentiful fields, cheap imports and a lack of support from the Ghanaian government means that farmers cannot easily supply their rice to their own nation. Shows an irrigation project in the Volta Region which has plentiful fields but even when a large percentage of the continent is starving these farmers are unable to compete. Some of the farmers stayed in the snake infested fields overnight because it was not economically viable for them to travel home.
(4 minutes.) - Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2007
- Year of production
- 2006
- Subjects
- Agriculture; Development studies; Economics; Geography
- Keywords
- agricultural economics; food production and distribution; Ghana; poverty; rice growing
Online availability
- URI
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/filmnetwork/A25754952
- Price
- free
- Delivery
- Streamed
Credits
- Director
- Gemma Gander; Miriam Rowe
Production Company
- Name
Pig Farm Productions
- Web
- http://www.pigfarmproductions.co.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Address
- Channelsea House
Canning Road
London
E15 3ND
Distributor
- Name
BBC Film Network
- Web
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/filmnetwork/ External site opens in new window
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