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

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