The project caters for the afforestation of hectares of deforested farmlands with economic tree crops such as cashew for smallholders; to increase livelihood capabilities of small holders farmers through inter-cropping of annual food crops and livestock rearing in a sedentary approach.
The project will also establish a village savings and loans scheme as a sustainable income generation and utilization activity among the beneficiaries.
The project will include various activities such as baseline studies to be conducted within the targeted communities, sensitization meetings of stakeholders, identification of beneficiaries, provision of input supplies, establishment and management of tree crop plantations and capacity building of beneficiaries on income generation schemes. 100 beneficiaries of which 70% are women will benefit from the proposed action and 80 hectares of tree crops will be planted.