Within the Proli-FaNS (Promoting local innovation in Food and Nutrition Security) project, partners in Prolinnova-Ghana are identifying local innovations that improve food and nutrition security directly and indirectly. The 3-page document “Social innovation for protecting trees in Kabre Community in Bongo District, Ghana” describes a local institutional innovation called the Tisenaaba or “Tree Chief” that was developed by a rural community in northern Ghana to prevent destruction of trees – especially economic trees that support the livelihoods of women and their families by providing fruits, nuts and leaves.
