From classroom to community: Delta State University scientists and students take science into the field
What happens when students leave their lecture halls and step into farms, boreholes, and villages? At Delta State University in Abraka, Nigeria, they found out. A community science training workshop, led by Dr. Ibrahim, the main resource person, moved science beyond...
Can Organic Manure Feed Us? Lessons from a Pilot in DSC
Across Nigeria, farmers face a hard choice. Chemical fertilizers boost yields quickly, but they are expensive and damage the soil over time. Organic manure is cheaper, safer, and eco-friendly—but many farmers doubt whether it can produce enough food. At the Delta...
Farming under pressure: How Orhuwhorun farmers discovered the secrets of their soil
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
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
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
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
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...
Press Release – Zircon Mining on the Abéné and Niafrang Dune
On February 20, 2023, the company G-SAND SARL obtained a small-scale mining permit for zircon in the Abéné area, covering part of the village of Niafrang. This mining permit was issued under conditions that are clearly contrary to applicable legislation, particularly...
Igbogidi community takes action to protect their water
When Paul Adjekota, a Science Fellow with Advocates for Community Alternatives (ACA), first visited Igbogidi in southern Nigeria, he noticed something alarming: boreholes drilled just a few feet from septic systems. Concerned about possible contamination, Paul shared...
Hope on the rise: Grassroots communities in Ghana build big dreams with small grants
In the heart of Ghana’s Bono East and Eastern Regions, something extraordinary is happening — not from the top down, but from the ground up. Jonathan Kaufman, Executive Director of Advocates for Community Alternatives (ACA), recently toured five rural communities...