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Ghana’s Women Oyster Farmers Battle Climate Change to Preserve Tradition

Ghana’s Women Oyster Farmers Battle Climate Change to Preserve Tradition

In coastal Ghana, a generations-old tradition of oyster farming, led by women, is under severe threat from climate change and mangrove depletion. Once supported by US-funded training programs, these women now rely on their own efforts to replant mangroves, protect fragile ecosystems, and sustain their families. Oysters, which fetch about $4 per basin, are becoming scarcer as […]

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