Photos show Ghana’s female oyster farmers sustaining a generational practice
Oyster farmer Beatrice Nutekpor poses for a photograph in the Densu estuary where she harvests oysters at Tsokomey, Ghana, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
TSOKOMEY, Ghana (AP) — In Ghana’s coastal mangroves, women are making efforts to sustain oyster farming, a key livelihood in coastal mangroves.
Hundreds of women in the West African nation were trained in eco-friendly farming methods for oysters, including mangrove planting and preservation, but one such program has ended amid U.S. aid cuts.
Despite this, efforts to protect mangroves are showing results even as mangrove depletion forces the female farmers to dive deeper for oysters.
Women harvest oysters in the Densu estuary in Tsokomey, Ghana, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
Women harvest oysters in the Densu estuary in Tsokomey, Ghana, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
