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Farming under pressure: How Orhuwhorun farmers discovered the secrets of their soil

by Richard | Sep 22, 2025 | Nigeria, Science

In Orhuwhorun, urbanization is closing in fast. Farmland is shrinking, but families still need to eat. To survive, farmers plant the same plots repeatedly, pouring on fertilizer in the hope of rescuing their crops. The result has been rising costs, declining yields,...
Reviving the Soil: Farmers in DSC take science into their own hands

Reviving the Soil: Farmers in DSC take science into their own hands

by Richard | Sep 21, 2025 | Home Slider, Nigeria, Science

On the farmlands of the Delta Steel Company (DSC) estate, harvests were shrinking year after year. Farmers tried everything they knew—chemical fertilizers, poultry droppings, even crop rotation—but the land seemed exhausted. Fertilizer costs rose while yields fell,...
Roots of hope: CiCoNet communities in Nkoranza and Osino plant for the future

Roots of hope: CiCoNet communities in Nkoranza and Osino plant for the future

by Richard | Sep 8, 2025 | CiCoNet, Ghana, Home Slider, Science, What We Do

In Nkoranza and Osino, members of the Citizens’ Committee Network (CiCoNet) came together to do more than plant trees—they planted resilience. Faced with hotter days, declining soil fertility, and shrinking green cover, these communities, supported by Advocates for...
20 community members complete legal training on land and property rights

20 community members complete legal training on land and property rights

by Richard | Sep 8, 2025 | Case Based Legal Support, CiCoNet, Community-Driven Development, Ghana, Home Slider, What We Do

Twenty representatives from some communities in the Eastern Region, where Advocates for Community Alternatives (ACA) operates, have successfully completed a three-day legal training program focused on land and property rights, as well as Ghana’s mining laws. The...
ACA-PILIWA Moot Court Competition 2025 Kicks off

ACA-PILIWA Moot Court Competition 2025 Kicks off

by Richard | Sep 3, 2025 | Cases/PILIWA Members, Home Slider, Nigeria, What We Do

Advocates for Community Alternatives (ACA), in partnership with the Public Interest Lawyering Initiative West Africa (PILIWA), is pleased to announce the inaugural edition of the ACA-PILIWA Moot Court Competition—open exclusively to law students from universities in...
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