Water-Saving Agriculture and IT for Ghanaian Youth Photo Gallery

A harvest of eggplants

Students at Flowers Gay School in Cape Coast, Ghana, display a harvest of fresh egglplants.

Fresh high-value produce in harsh places

The EarthBox relies on a self-contained nutrient and water gradient system, so soil is not depleted, no chemicals enter the water tables and there is no environmental contamination. The EarthBox is low-cost, low-maintenance, uses local inputs and consumes one-fight of the water of in-ground drip irrigation. It enables TGC participants to grow high-value produce for nutrition or income-generation, like the beautiful peppers seen in this photo.

Getting ready

Students at Mankessim Secondary Technical School, Cape Coast, Ghana, receive initial training in using the EarthBox.

Cape Coast School for the Deaf, Ghana

Students from Cape Coast School for the Deaf display the beginnings of their produce grown in their EarthBoxes. Youth learn how to grow fresh, high-value produce. Agriculture is a valuable means for hearing and visually-impaired youth in Ghana to contribute materially to their families and their future.

Jukwa Secondary School, Ghana

The Growing Connection is training students from 5 classes at Jukwa Secondary School in food growing techniques that save water.

Dr. Joe Kwarteng at School for the Deaf

Dr. Joe Kwarteng is the Ghana project coordinator for TGC. Dr. Joe is co-founder of the not-for-profit NGO, Development Assistance to School Farms and a senior lecturer in agricultural extension at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. He is dedicated to facilitating the development of school farms and gardens to support the teaching and learning of agriculture as a practical, interesting and profitable subject in Ghanaian schools.

Online Teacher Training, Ghana

Teachers involved with TGC are trained on how to use the Internet to access relevant agricultural and educational information, to communicate with their colleagues overseas and to participate in TGC’s online global community. In this picture, teachers in Ghana are participating in a simultaneous online training with TGC teachers and trainers in Chicago, Washington, DC, and Guadalajara, Mexico.

Connecting youth worldwide

Students from Louis R. Johnson Middle School in Bradenton, Florida display their produce. The Growing Connection connects youth in the developing and developed world to communicate and collaborate, as peers and on an equal footing, around common food-growing activities.

Mfantssiman Girls Secondary School

Using EarthBox technology, girls at Mfantssiman grow fresh vegetables on a concrete patio.