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)
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)
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)
Beatrice Nutekpor and her daughter Celestine harvest oysters in the Densu estuary in Tsokomey, Ghana, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
Beatrice Nutekpor and her daughter Celestine harvest oysters in the Densu estuary in Tsokomey, Ghana, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
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)
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)
Women offload oysters from a canoe at Tsokomey, Ghana, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
Women offload oysters from a canoe at Tsokomey, Ghana, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
Women prepare freshly cooked oysters in Tsokomey, Ghana, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
Women prepare freshly cooked oysters in Tsokomey, Ghana, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
Women open freshly cooked oysters in Tsokomey, Ghana, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
Women open freshly cooked oysters in Tsokomey, Ghana, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
Women ride boats to harvest oysters at Tsokomey, Ghana, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
Women ride boats to harvest oysters at Tsokomey, Ghana, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
Women sit in a canoe filled with freshly harvested oysters in the Densu estuary at Tsokomey, Ghana, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
Women sit in a canoe filled with freshly harvested oysters in the Densu estuary at Tsokomey, Ghana, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
Women cook freshly harvested oysters at Tsokomey, Ghana, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
Women cook freshly harvested oysters at Tsokomey, Ghana, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
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10:48 PM on Wednesday, September 17

By 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.

 

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