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Photos show Ghana’s female oyster farmers sustaining a generational practice

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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.

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This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

Photos show Ghana's female oyster farmers sustaining a generational practice | iNFOnews.ca
Women harvest oysters in the Densu estuary in Tsokomey, Ghana, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
Photos show Ghana's female oyster farmers sustaining a generational practice | iNFOnews.ca
Beatrice Nutekpor and her daughter Celestine harvest oysters in the Densu estuary in Tsokomey, Ghana, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
Photos show Ghana's female oyster farmers sustaining a generational practice | iNFOnews.ca
Beatrice Nutekpor sits in a canoe filled with freshly harvested oysters in the Densu estuary at Tsokomey, Ghana, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
Photos show Ghana's female oyster farmers sustaining a generational practice | iNFOnews.ca
Women offload oysters from a canoe at Tsokomey, Ghana, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
Photos show Ghana's female oyster farmers sustaining a generational practice | iNFOnews.ca
Women prepare freshly cooked oysters in Tsokomey, Ghana, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
Photos show Ghana's female oyster farmers sustaining a generational practice | iNFOnews.ca
Women open freshly cooked oysters in Tsokomey, Ghana, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
Photos show Ghana's female oyster farmers sustaining a generational practice | iNFOnews.ca
Women ride boats to harvest oysters at Tsokomey, Ghana, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
Photos show Ghana's female oyster farmers sustaining a generational practice | iNFOnews.ca
Women sit in a canoe filled with freshly harvested oysters in the Densu estuary at Tsokomey, Ghana, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
Photos show Ghana's female oyster farmers sustaining a generational practice | iNFOnews.ca
Women cook freshly harvested oysters at Tsokomey, Ghana, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

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