Fighting Fire with Forests: How a Ghanaian community uses agroforestry to protect their crops from forest fires

Nature Answers: Rural Stories from a Changing Planet · Oct 29, 2026 · 16m

In Kokofu, Ghana, farmers are using agroforestry to protect their crops from bushfires and improve growing conditions.

In this episode, host Ivy Prosper visits a farming community in Ghana’s Bono East Region, where farmers are planting firebelts, walls of trees surrounding their crops, to protect their farms from fires and strong winds while helping restore rainfall patterns.

We hear how firebelts are helping farmers protect their crops, maintain their livelihoods and build resilience to changing weather conditions. Farmers also share the challenges of adopting this technique, from limited…