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Ghana
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Chemicals
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2006
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28,700.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: GHA/OP3/Y2/06/094 |
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PROJECT BACKGROUND
The two most important challenges of today are the need to provide adequate supply of food and improve the health of a rapidly increasing human population. It has been estimated that while the annual rate of food production ( ... )
se is less than 1.0% in tropical developing nations, the annual population growth rate is 2.0%. There is, therefore, a serious disparity between food supply and demand, and it is no secret that we live in a hungry world.
Pests, which include insects, diseases and weeds, worsen this problem by destroying agricultural crops in the field and in storage. Losses of agricultural crop are
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Ghana
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Multifocal Area
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2006
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25,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: GHA/OP3/Y2/06/100 |
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BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT
To allocate funds directly into the rural communities and their CBO has been a great challenge to the GEF/Small Grants Programme in Ghana. This is because most community groups lack of solid managerial competence to ( ... )
ate their projects and the governance and financial structures to maintain them. Poor management of logistics and the inability to sustain projects after funding has ceased has also characterized most of the projects. The success of a project executed by a community depends on technical competence and commitment of the local people to their objectives.
Although it is a real challenge to
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
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2006
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32,400.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: GHA/OP3/Y2/06/091 |
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DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT AREA:
The Weto Mountain Range is part of the Akwapim Togoland range, and stretches from Kpeve in the South Dayi District to Avatime in the Hohoe district.
The problem area consists of the degraded portions along this ( ... )
and preliminary surveys have identified 27 communities whose activities have been detrimental to the environment. The community members in this area are predominantly farmers growing cassava, yam, maize, fruits, cowpea, and vegetables.
2.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT:
Over the years, this portion of the range has seen a rapid reduction in its forest cover. The causes of this deforestation are
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
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2006
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22,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: GHA/OP3/Y2/06/103 |
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The entire Yaya Forest Reserve is located within the Dry Semi-deciduous Fire Zone (DSFZ) of the high forest (Hall and Swaine 1981). In 1994 the stand condition of Yaya Forest Reserve was scored as 5 (Hawthorne and Abu-Juam, 1995), indicating a very ( ... )
tatus. During the 2001 Multi Resource Inventory (2001 MRI), the Reserve (greater portion of the CFMP site) was not covered because it was considered highly degraded.
The forest is patchy or remnant forest occurs only along the river and stream channels. The entire area within the reserve boundary is invaded by grass and Chromolaena odoratum (Acheampong weed). Tree density (basal area) is
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
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2006
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23,400.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: GHA/06/106 |
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Communities bordering the Esuboni Forest Reserve are predominantly settler farmers cultivating small land areas that have been purchased for arable crop production. Much of the land is under cocoa production owned largely by the indigenes. Besides, ( ... )
uboni forest reserve is under convalescence management with restricted access to the gathering of non-timber forest products. The local economies of the fringe communities are typically characterized by insufficient food production and poor farm incomes leading to poverty. The ADB/CFMP has also not been very beneficial to the communities as the degraded areas in the forest reserve are very small
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
Climate Change Mitigation
Land Degradation
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2006
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22,650.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: GHA/OP3/Y2/06/105 |
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The wildfires pose challenges for the sustainable management of the resource, as there has been a tremendous increase in the number and severity of wildfires in the district recently. The use of fire for land clearing for farming and uncontrolled ( ... )
nnual wildfires encourage tufts of grass for cattle grazing and control of weeds prior to food crop establishment. Other causes of wildfires attributed to human activities include the reckless use of fire by farmers, hunters, smokers, fishermen, honey and palm wine tappers and local gin “Akpeteshie” brewers.
Uncontrolled wild fire is listed to be a major ause of the degradation and loss of
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
Land Degradation
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2006
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24,300.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: GHA/OP3/Y2/06/104 |
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Past management of the Worobong south forest reserve has resulted in the entire reserve being classified as a convalescence reserve given its poor stocking and regeneration potential. Continual degradation has necessitated the conversion of an ( ... )
sing number of compartments into forest plantations.
Extreme land hunger exists within the communities fringing the forest reserve. These communities have participated in Taungya developments in the past and are currently engaged in same. Key issues resulting in the failure of the past Taungyas have been identified as the land “insecurity” of the participating communities, the absence of a
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Ghana
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Chemicals
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2006
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2,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: GHA/0P3/Y2/06/112 |
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Problem Definition
Mounting evidence of damage to human health and environment has focused thee attention of the international community of the category of substance referred to as POPs. Farmers in the Kasoa near Accra use some agro chemicals ( ... )
ontain the POPs in vegetable production which are harmful to the human health. Ironically farmers pay higher prices for the agrochemicals, yet several tons of waste which could be processed as organic manure, is being generated at the Kasoa market becoming environmental nuisance.
Unfortunately it is not clear if the farmers will accept the processed waste as manure. It is also not known the
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Ghana
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Land Degradation
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2006
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20,900.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: GHA/OP3/Y2/06/098 |
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DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT AREA:
Dupare is a farming community located 24km east of Wa off the Wa-Bulenga road in the Wa East District. The people are mostly farmers who directly depend on the land for their livelihood. The Dupare forest is used ( ... )
safe haven for wild animals in the area. It has also become a pastoral land for domestic animals in the dry season. The community forest reserve covers an area of 300 acres and was created by the chiefs and people of Dupare as a natural regeneration site to conserve endangered wildlife species and medicinal plants. Since its establishment species of wildlife have migrated to the reserve as a
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Ghana
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2006
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28,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: GHA/OP3/Y2/06/095 |
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BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY AREA.
The farmers living in the Nzema Dstricts of the Western region are predominantly coconut farmers, with over 30,000 ha, i.e. about 80% of Ghana’s coconut crop. Their livelihood, the coconut is seriously threatened ( ... )
lethal yellowing disease, commonly known in Ghana as the Cape Saint Paul Wilt Disease (CSPWD). Currently, the Ghana Government supported by the French Government through Agence Françaises de Developpement (AFD) has embarked upon the Coconut Sector Development Project to rehabilitate the coconut sector with seedlings resistant to the CSPWD.
2.1.2 Further, studies have shown that the
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
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2006
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30,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: GHA/OP3/Y2/06/093 |
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DEFINITION OF PROBLEM (THREATS TO ABEADZEMAN’S ECOSYSTEMS)
The renewable natural resources of Abeadzeman, comprising forests harbouring a wide variety of globally important and unique flora and fauna, nationally important freshwater ecosystems, ( ... )
erse mineral and timber resources play a major role in the economic, religious, and cultural life of the Fantis. These important resources, however, are under threat from human-induced pressures, including over-exploitation and habitat degradation due to illicit logging and hunting. The area serves as the base for most illegal logging activities in the Central Region.
In addition to major
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Ghana
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Multifocal Area
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2006
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16,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: GHA/CWI/06/004 |
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The objective of the project to develop the capacities of people of Golinga to adopt and utilize appropriate, low-cost, and affordable technology in the provision of potable water supply and to adopt sustainable water management systems. ( ... )
4 Project Rationale
The project has been designed to ensure the critical role of local communities in the provision of potable water, natural resource management, and biodiversity conservation in the Golinga. However, the success and long-term sustainability of conservation initiatives depend on support and acceptance of such interventions by the local communities. It is also clear that local
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Ghana
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Multifocal Area
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2006
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9,250.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: GHA/CWI/06/002 |
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Gomoa Sampa is served by one borehole which yields salty water. The people therefore rely on the Ayensu River which is about 1.2 km away from the settlement as their main source of drinking water. Clinical analysis of water from the river and the ( ... )
le indicated that all the water sources are full of bacteria, has odour and traces of iron and phosphate.
Critical water study analysis in the community revealed a poor water supply coverage. 1,300 people have access to a bore hole (as against national standard of 300 people per bore hole). The distance from the community to the water collection point is about 1 kilometer. There is a
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Ghana
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Land Degradation
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2006
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20,800.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: GHA/OP3/Y2/06/099 |
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DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT AREA:
The Konjiahi community is located within the dry semi-arid parts of the Nadowli District Assembly of the Upper-West. Region. The land, which is the main subsistence to the majority peasant farmers and support for ( ... )
resource, is seriously degraded. The degradation satiation is attributed to the combined effect of annual retail wildfires and unsustainable land uses. This has resulted in poor crop yield, food insecurity, household poverty, gender inequality, seasonal migration of the youth, salting of water bodies and general loss of biodiversity.
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2.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT:
In the past a bulk of the
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
International Waters
Land Degradation
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2006
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23,350.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: GHA/0P3/Y2/06/107 |
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The main problem necessitating the executing of this project is the depleting of freshwater fish along the portion of the Volta River, depletion of fuel wood and sacred groove resources in the Fievie community. These are caused by loss of fish and ( ... )
c biodiversity due to uncontrolled fishing, over dependence on or unsustainable utilization of forest floral and faunal diversity at the sacred groove as well as inadequate woodlot establishment at the community level. These problems are further caused by lack of knowledge in fish farming and fisheries management, inadequate skills and knowledge in sacred groove forest resources management and
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
Land Degradation
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2006
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20,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: GHA/0P3/Y2/06/109 |
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Dawa Ogome is a small community located at Upper Manya Krobo in the Manya Krobo District of the eastern region of Ghana. The inhabitants are mostly resource-poor farmers who cultivate mainly maize and cassava. The community had in the past enjoyed a ( ... )
urce of biodiversity and eco-systems which had sustained agriculture, wild life, water bodies and effective sustainable livelihoods to the extent that the Asesewa Market in the area became the major food basket of Ghana in the 1930’s to the 1970’s. However, these rich ecosystems and biodiversity had been lost within the past 20 years due to several factors including the slash and burn method
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
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2006
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23,700.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: GHA/OP3/Y2/06/102 |
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The Afram Headwaters Forest Reserve is one of the oldest forest reserves to be gazetted in the country. Its management started on a sound footing but its present condition suggests gross mismanagement and lack of proper protection in course of time. ( ... )
e and illegal timber operation still threatens the reserve. Fortunately however, the forestland is intact and a forest management plan has be developed for forest restoration and management that may reward the landowners and other partners with benefits associated with forestlands. However, the integrated management plan developed is threatened by social conflicts arising from benefit sharing and
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Ghana
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Land Degradation
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2006
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23,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: GHA/OP3/Y2/06/101 |
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DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT AREA:
The project areas are Kongo, Pelungo and Damol-Tendongo of the Nabdam Traditional Council; The Three Communities are located in the central belt of the Nabdam Traditional areas, which lies ten miles West from the ( ... )
l Capital Bolgatanga off Bawku trunk Road. The District Capital is Tongo and is about 14 miles south of the middle belt road linking from Tamale to Bolgatanga Secondary School (Wonkogo T Junction) that lead to the Talensi/ Nabdam District Capital Tongo.
The upland soils in the Kongo, Pelungo and Damol Tendongo is degrading rapidly due to the gold mining prospecting which has created large
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Ghana
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Multifocal Area
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2006
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15,600.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: GHA/CWI/06/007 |
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Kunyukuo was classified as one of the worst guinea worm infested communities in the Lawra District. The community lacked potable water source and the main sources of drinking water was a stream and a hand-dug well. Clinical analysis of these water ( ... )
s indicated that all the water sources are full of bacteria and has an odour and has traces of iron. The results indicate a poor water supply coverage in the community. Water Coverage (defined as the number of people having access to basic level of service) indicated that 1,500 people have access to a hand-dug well (as against national standard of 150 people per hand-dug well). The distance from
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Ghana
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Multifocal Area
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2006
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15,600.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: GHA/CWI/06/001 |
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Kwasilansa is a relatively small farming community in the Mfantseman District of the Central Region about twenty (20) kilometers away from the district capital Mankessim on the Mankessim - Assin Fosu road. The settlement is on an isolated hill about ( ... )
bove sea level. The general landform is plateau-like and rugged. The soil chemistry of the project area shows that the soils are loamy. The levels of exchangeable actions are low in the subsoil, but moderately high in topsoil. Base saturation percentage of the subsoil is mainly less than 50%. The fertility status of the soils is low with the main deficiencies being phosphorus, trace elements, and
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