Community meetings will be convened to convey information to all community stakeholders about the project including its successes, lessons learned and challenges. Documentation of project activities will focus also on processes in order to understand how activities are translated into outputs and outcomes

Despite this, there is widespread and deep-running bias against women farmers both at the traditional level as well as from public institutions and development partners, according to reports. Partly as a result of this neglect, women farmers today tend to be the poorest and most excluded. In the proposed project communities, women farmers face a range of gender-specific constraints that result in them producing , on average, less than their male counterparts. . Land available to women farmers tends to be of poorer quality, and they have less access to high-yielding seeds, fertiliser, pest control measures and mechanised equipment. Women are time-poor due to competing demands of childcare, household food processing and preparation as well as collecting water. Women have less education and are frequently excluded from training and extension services, and women farmers often have no representation in farmer groups. Land available to women farmers tends to be of poorer quality, and they have less access to high-yielding seeds, fertiliser, pest control measures and mechanised equipment. Women are time-poor due to competing demands of childcare, household food processing and preparation as well as collecting water. Women have less education and are frequently excluded from training and extension services, and women farmers often have no representation in farmer groups . Land available to women farmers tends to be of poorer quality, and they have less access to high-yielding seeds, fertiliser, pest control measures and mechanised equipment. Women are time-poor due to competing demands of childcare, household food processing and preparation as well as collecting water. Women have less education and are frequently excluded from training and extension services, and women farmers often have no representation in farmer groups. the project will ensure that these communities recognise that women are farmers and have a responsibility to support interventions which specifically focus on their unique circumstances. The project will guaranteeing secure access, use and control over good quality agricultural land and other productive resources, including access to extension services, training and equal membership to a revived farmers? Cooperative in the area

From the capacity audit, the organization has poor external contacts , lack of support tools , lack of adequate skills for community engagements, documentation, visibility and , measurement of forest cover loss and regeneration etc. Thiese weakness will be addressed through negotiation with FAO/MAFFS for training support and technical assistance

Smallholder Cacao cultivation in agro-forestry systems and food crop production through slash-and-burn on forest lands are the two dominant socio-economic practices in the target chiefdoms. This project is proposing the rehabilitation and promotion of the cacao agro-forests in target communities because of its immense benefits to soil fertility management, and protection of the biodiversity and ecosystem of the gola forest. The project is also proposing the development and production of inland valley swamp agro-ecology in target communities where they exist to promote its use over the slash-and-burn cultivation of the upland. The use of climate resilience seed varieties will be promoted along with small water management techniques. Goat and sheep will be raised in semi-intensive management systems making it less expensive for poor farmers to handle with some training. Grass found in agroforests can be used as feed and the droppings from the animals contribute to soil improvements making a perfect animal-plant symbiotic relationship The project will also introduce bee-keeping into the cacao agroforests to produce honey. The bees will improve pollination of forest tree flowers and produce honey as well. Beneficiaries will be trained in improved Bee-keeping methods and honey production skills to provide alternative income generation sources for target farmers.

The project will introduce improved methods of carrying out these activities through participatory learning approaches. Early adopters among target groups will be identified and engaged as extension workers and change agents. This is expected to inspire their peers , especially slow learners and introverted personalities thus increasing participation. Participatory video strategy will be used to increase learning outcomes and introduce healthy competition among indigenous peoples. All farmer training shall be conducted using the indigenous language of both chiefdoms to make learning an interactive engagement

The proposed project will engaged chiefdom authorities, traditional and community leaders to bring about the change envisaged in the attitudes and practices of target communities. In this regard, community bye-laws will be developed and enforced in order to ensure compliance. It is expected that the benefits of the project provided to target communities will encourage compliance with the set bye-laws. The areas of Natural resource Management plans, slash-and-burn cultivation practices, exploitation of forest resources and others shall be targeted for incorporation into the bye-laws for enforcement and compliance