Socio-economic survey for CSIR developed technology transfer package to selected residents of the Asuogyaman district

Abstract

This report is based on a socio-economic survey and studies conducted at 4 sample villages in the Asuogyaman District in February 1998 as part of the MEST/CSIR technology transfer package for residents of the Asuogyaman District. The socio-economic survey and studies was carried to identify the specific CSIR developed technology/technologies in a package of technologies which is/are best suited for the sample residents of Adjena, Adumasa, Gyakiti and Tosen townships in the Asuogyaman District. At Adjena, team encountered the agitation of the residents over alleged poor treatment by the government and the Volta River Authority (VRA). The main complaints of the people of Adjena centred around the lack of access to the nearby national power grid, which the construction of the Volta Dam led to their displacement from their original homelands, lack of good drinking water and poor road network. The team however managed to get a sample of residents to express interest in the CSIR developed technologies. The people of Adumasa shared similar problems with those at Adjena. At Gyakiti, the residents were not interested in the CSIR technology package but at Tosen the interest in the CSIR technologies were very satisfactory. Other socio-economic, environmental findings in the Asuogyaman District have also been outlined in this report. For the residents of Adjena, the team recommended the transfer of poultry, liquid soap and mushroom cultivation. The residents of Adumasa were recommended to acquire liquid soap and snail farming technologies. Liquip soap and poultry production technologies were recommended for both the residents of Gyakiti and Tosen. Policy recommendations have also been outlined for the Asuogyaman District Assembly, the Ministry of Environment Science and Technology (MEST) and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The report also put across some recommendations for the training programme that forms the next phase of the CSIR technology transfer package