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Forest and landscape restoration and rainwater harvesting for climate-resilient and circular food systems

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May 2, 2022

There are two nature-based solutions having high impact on the food system of Bono East Region in Ghana: rainwater harvesting for irrigation and forest landscape restoration in combination with food production. The Ghana case produced two new reports on how these nature-based solutions contribute to climate resilient and cicrular food systems in Ghana.

Restoring forested landscapes for climate resilient and circular food systems

This study explores the contours of what is one of the most popular nature-based solutions of the decade: Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR). FLR is widely accepted as an appropriate solution to the dangers of climate change and biodiversity loss. It is however less considered an appropriate solution to solve the global food crisis. Nevertheless, if implemented from a food system perspective, and in synergy with other nature-based solutions such as rainwater harvesting, FLR could contribute solving the food crisis.

Rainwater harvesting for irrigation for climate-resilient and circular food systems

For crop production systems in Ghana, there are several management practices provided in the literature that enable smallholder farmers to adapt to climate change and variability, such as rainwater harvesting for irrigation. This study investigates the drivers of rainwater harvesting for irrigation in the Bono East Region. In this way, rainwater harvesting for irrigation can contribute to a climate-resilient and circular food system in Bono East Region and beyond.