1. Tobacco field west of Ahenkro, 1995

Description:

A tractor-plowed field close to the Banda hills on the outskirts of Ahenkro has been planted with tobacco. Tobacco farming began in the Banda area in the 1980s and was common by the 1990s as many farmers took up commercial tobacco production. After tobacco farming was banned by the Traditional Council, some open fields like these were planted in cashew, the cash crop in which many Banda farmers invested from the early 2000s. Others have been used for mono-cropping (fields used for a single crop type) cash crops that are annuals. Northwest of Ahenkro, May, 1995.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Relation:

https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16784 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17514

Location(s) Facet:

Banda

Subjects:

Tobacco field; Tractor plowing

Subjects Facet:

Tobacco; Agriculture; Mountains; Cash crops; Agricultural lands

Identifier:

15

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1995

Date searchable:

1995-05

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Banda;8.164809, -2.367473

Date Digitized:

2016

People Facet:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

8.164809, -2.367473