OUR FELLOWS
Rebecca Sarku sees agriculture as one of the dominant activities in Ghana. Keenly interested in agricultural land use and sustainable development, she always leaned toward rural development, and is now focusing particularly on issues like food security and climate information services. “I see a vast difference and a sharp contrast between urban and rural areas,” she says. “There are fewer opportunities in rural areas, but I am trying to come up with ideas that can be used to help improve people’s lives.”
I see a vast difference and a sharp contrast between urban and rural areas,” she says. “There are fewer opportunities in rural areas, but I am trying to come up with ideas that can be used to help improve people’s lives.
Field of Research
In my study of rural development, I have concluded that farmers have their specific ways of going about things. You need to combine the local knowledge of the people with the resources at hand—I always try to meet them halfway.