WP 5 | Institutional and socio-economic framework conditions for the introduction of AMF plant systems

Leading partner: University of Hohenheim, Institute 490c
Contributing partners: ISSER, Ghana, Burkina Faso

Work Package 5 Research objectives:

• Analysis of the legal framework for ASM and commercial gold mining in Ghana and Burkina Faso, with special emphasis on recultivation;
• Conducting a stakeholder analysis to identify potential actors and their relationships with each other;
• Evaluation of the socio-economic conditions of the affected village communities in selected case studies, with special consideration of the economic incentives that could result from the agricultural use of recultivated land;
• Analysis of land rights in the areas affected by ASM;
• Implement a participatory process to develop options for institutional and financial arrangements under which AMF plant systems could be used in practice;
• Analysis of the economic efficiency of the use of AMF plant systems in cooperation with INOQ GmbH;
• Clarify the roles that different actors could play and assess their interests and options for action.

Working paper on "Governance challenges of small-scale gold mining in Ghana: Insights from a process net-map study"                                                                                                                                                                                  Watch out here: 490c.uni-hohenheim.de/en/75736