Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra)
19 August 2008
AN ADVENTUROUS journey by our Upper East Regional Reporter, William N. Jalulah, through flood waters along the White Volta near Pwalugu, in the Talensi- Nabdam District, has revealed that hectares of farmlands along that river are completely flooded.
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There is a flood-resistant food crop growing wild in Ghana, waiting to be harvested, and probably causing trouble. That crop is Typha (cattail, bulrush, reedmace, Kachalla). You can learn how to harvest it and eat it many places online (e.g. wildmanSteveBrill.com). What isn't fit for human consumption can be brewed into ethanol for fuel. Its control and exploitation would help with many African problems.