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Swapping slash-and-burn for conservation agriculture

Maxwell Suuk | Wiebke Feuersenger
August 28, 2023

Slash-and-burn is a traditional farming method used by many subsistence farmers. But the practice both harms the soil and accelerates global warming. A project in Ghana promotes conservation agriculture instead.

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Maxwell Suuk Maxwell is a DW reporter based in Tamale, Northern Ghana.