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Develop a communal farming center at a need-based location in Northern…

- - - - Supplying Ghanian farmers with modern machinery to help with crop planting, plowing, and harvesting Pros: Can increase yield and efficiency; addresses issues in northern Ghana Cons Expensive
        
        Educating the locals on soil conservation so that multiple harvests can be made in a year Pros: Same land can produce multiple yields and different variety of crops
        
        Starting more rice harvests from Genetically Modified or hybrid rice to decrease the number of rice imports made by Ghana annually (391 million USD) Pros: Makes Ghana self-dependent Cons: Will take time, effort and money to implement
        
        Building at-home purifiers to supply families with drinking water Pros: Easy to build and learn; supplies water to communities where water infrastructure is poor
  - - - Teaching families to grow easy vegetables at home gardens (such as lettuce, green beans, peas, radishes, carrots, cucumbers, kale, swiss chard, beets, and summer squash or zucchini) Pros: Can produce vegetables on their own to feed their to feed themselves Cons: Some exerpertise in farming required
        
        Teaching communities about water waste management Pros: Saves water and keeps the environment clean Cons: May take years to see results
        
        Building water pipeline infrastructure to supply communities in fragile settings with clean drinking water Pros: Generating electricity from renewable resources Cons: Expensive to implement and maintain
        
        Using solar panels and wind turbines to generate electricity for crop irrigation Pros: Electricity generated from renewable resources Cons: Can be stolen, hard to maintain
- - - - Mr. Cletus Input: He said it was a great idea. He said we should focus on agriculture- specifically in Northern Ghana. He said that there is a lack of rain so we should also focus on water access and irrigation. But that this idea was good because it helps with access to agriculture tools.