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Enhancing the Ecological Resilient Initiative of Rural Women Farmers in Sustainable Land Management Practices and Bio-Enterprise Development as a Response to the Changing Climatic Condition in Gyatakura, Congo and Amowi in the Awutu Senya District

The purpose of this project is to promote collaborative sustainable land management practices among six women farmer groups (225 direct farmers) within the 3 communities utilizing the capacity of the farmers on innovative strategies for sustainable land management, introducing and supporting farmers groups to sustainable livelihood activities and developing access to market opportunities locally and globally.

The specific objectives of the project are:
1. To promote sustainable agricultural practices among farmer groups to enable them restore the degraded lands through integrated water and soil management, community based forest woodlot/agro-forestry, wildfires management, natural regeneration establishment and enrichment planting;
2. To support sustainable small ruminant rearing, poultry groundnut and soybean cultivation, honey production, and dry season gardening as a livelihood supplement and supporting farmers to access fair and ready markets for their produce in order to increase their incomes;
3. To build and sustain capacities of new Community Trainers as lead farmers towards local institution strengthening to lead sustainable land management interventions, investment innovative strategies and self-help approaches with continuous local community commitment and participation after end of the project period.

Expected Results
? 30 ha of degraded lands demarcated and put under sustainable land management through soil and water conservation, tree growing and natural regeneration interventions to enhance soil fertility regeneration.
? 150 farmers from the three communities received training and support to identify innovative strategies, approaches and models to link trade and livelihoods to sustainable land management.
? 15 indigenous farmers identified, trained and supported as Community Trainers (?lead farmers?) to lead sustainable land management interventions, investment opportunities and promote local institution strengthening towards self-help with continuous community commitment and participation after end of project phase.

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Community Land Restoration Group

Country:

Ghana

Area Of Work:

Land Degradation

Operational Phase:

OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)

Grant Amount:

US$ 26,800.00

Co-Financing Cash:

US$ 8,000.00

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 23,500.00

Project Number:

GHA/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/LD/07/24/025

Start Date:

8/2013

End Date:

12/2015

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Inovative Financial Mechanisms

A revolving credit scheme will be provided to support 40 women farmers to invest in sustainable agriculture. Each farmer will be given improved seeds and organic fertilizer and expected to repay back after harvesting to enable other interested farmers next on the line to be reached in the second year

Gender Focus

CLRG Ghana programming is gender aware and conscious and recognises that traditionally, women do not owe land in the project community and do not have a major say in community decision-making and that they put in extra labour caring for the families collecting firewood, grinding meal and walking long distances to collect drinking water. The project will continue to bring change in women?s lives through their participation. During the project planning/design semi-structured interviews, seasonal calendar, priority ranking, etc were used as one of the methods to identify women and men needs. Farmers formed groups which were used as vehicles for the implementation and evaluation of the project activities. In the group formation it emerged that the women beneficiaries were more than the men (131 women & 37 men). Sustainable livelihoods schemes such as improved breeds of goats, soybeans, groundnuts and grafted mangoes were geared towards supporting women as a source of income and food for their households. Activities of this project such as business management training and support for livelihoods i.e. soybean, groundnuts, honey production and donkey carts and ploughs will benefit both sexes and especially empower women who will be the greater number of target beneficiaries. With this project, 60% (135) of the beneficiaries will be women and the remaining 40% (90) being men.

Capacity - Building Component

Fifteen local farmers identified, trained and supported as Community Trainers (?lead farmers?) to lead sustainable land management interventions, investment opportunities and promote local institution strengthening towards self-help with continuous community commitment and participation after end of project phase.

Policy Impact

It will contribute to national policy on desertification control.

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

Local farmer are the main beneficiaries

Notable Community Participation

The project was designed based on a demand driven approach. The beneficiary communities will approached the project for support based on the project activities. Based on this a participatory community needs assessment exercise was conducted, using Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) tools during which community members played an active role in defining their needs. The project was also designed with the community as a central figure in the implementation of phase activities the NGO playing only a facilitating role in the formation of groups, establishment of tree nursery, and establishment of community woodlot plantations among others. This strategy paid off as community members regarded the project as their own and were confident to ask questions for clarifications on issues that bordered them. The project will continue to use such tools in the implementation of this project especially in the preparation of land use plans, establishment of agro-forestry practices, establishment of multipurpose woodlot and fodder banks, and in the various training programs so as to transfer absolute control and ownership of the project to the communities. This will enable beneficiary communities identify themselves with the project as theirs and ensure its sustainability

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

The project will create awareness on sustainable land management

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

farmers will be encouraged to form business (Trust) groups around readily available market commodities of soybean, groundnuts, vegetables and honey. They will be supported to improve their production methods and in business aspects of trading their commodity including bulking up for marketing. Each farmer trust group would range from 25 to 30 members. Every farmer trust group will have a chairperson, a secretary and a treasurer.

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Indicators

Empowerment

Number of CBOs / NGOs participated / involved in SGP project 2

Empowerment

Number of CBOs / NGOs formed or registered through the SGP project 1

Empowerment

Number of women participated / involved in SGP project 130

Biophysical

Hectares of degraded land rest 100

Biophysical

Hectares of land sustainably managed by project 30

Biophysical

Number of innovations or new technologies developed / applied 5

Biophysical

Number of local policies informed in land degradation focal area 1

Livehood

Increase in household income by increased income or reduced costs due to SGP project 150

Livehood

Number of households who have benefited* from SGP project 150

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