Abstract:
The critical importance of employment for sustained poverty reduction and curbing ruralurban migration necessitated this action research. It was embarked to introduce snail farming as
alternative livelihood support for reducing poverty in the Kwaprow community at the University of
Cape Coast, Cape Coast. The participatory action research design was adopted. Ten perceived poor
people were selected from the community with the assistance of the key informants and other
participatory rural appraisal techniques. The results were compared and analyzed for emerging
themes and patterns. From the research that was conducted, it could be realized that the nature of
poverty in the Kwaprow community exists in terms of material deprivation, lack of voice and
influence, low human and health development and vulnerability to shocks and disaster. The extent
of poverty in the area could be said to be relatively high with indicators of poor housing facilities,
poor drainage facilities, low employment, high household dependency ratio, poor road network,
environmental pollution and low access to potable water. The causes of poverty were found to
gender inequity, lack of access to financial capital for business and low access to land for farming
activities
