Enhancing smallholder women farmers' resilience and innovation abilities in climate smart agriculture and organic farming in ?Hiamankyene community landscape.
The Black Volta landscape has experienced several environmental damages due to timber logging, land degradation and unsustainable farming practices, wildfires, uncontrolled wood fuel production and unsustainable shifting cultivation and agricultural practices which has led to the depletion of the Biodiversity in the area. The climate crisis is causing temperatures to rise and weather patterns to shift across the area. Land is losing fertility and people can't grow enough food. As a result, over one third of the population in the area (43%) are living in poverty. Here, many people face insecurity over their rights to natural resources. Women in particular rarely have access to the land, equipment and training they need to grow food to eat and sell.
Owning to the loss of forest, and unsustainable agricultural practices, the rains have become unpredictable and strong winds blow unchecked causing a lot of damage to farms and other properties. The once fertile soils are now impoverished to the extent that yields of food crops per unit area have reduced significantly. Chemical fertilization of crop land that resulted in respectable yields are also failing leaving the land more impoverished and hence incremental decrease in crop yields year is experienced.
Overall objective
To enhance the resilience and innovative capacities of smallholder women in integrated climate smart agriculture and organic farming in Hiamankyene community for the socioeconomic wellbeing of women within the landscape.
Specific Objectives
a) To increase smallholder women farmers' resilience to the impact of climate change through integrated agro tree sustainable practices and contribute to the green economy.
b) To train groups in income generation activities
c) To restore degraded lands through improved soil fertility techniques, wildfire management, natural regeneration, enrichment planting and sustainable wood fuel production.
d) To promote alternative livelihood activities that are compatible to biodiversity conservation, land restoration and sustainable resource management.
Intended Project Results
I. 50 farmers trained in biodiversity conservation practice soil fertility improvement techniques, wildfire management and tree planting.
II. 10 ha of degraded lands planted with indigenous species through improved forestry system.
III. 50 women smallholder farmers introduced to sustainable integrated agroforestry tree planting methods.
IV. 80 smallholder farmers supported investing in alternative livelihood activities.
Description of Project Activities
Results 1 50 farmers trained in biodiversity conservation practice soil fertility improvement techniques, wildfire management and tree planting.
Activities
1) Identification of overall target group of the project.
2) Project sensitization workshop.
3) Organize training on biodiversity conservation practice, soil fertility improvement techniques and wildfire management for farmers in Hiamankyene with support from Environmental Protection Agency and Forestry Commission.
4) Organize series of programmes to enable the community to enact local Bye-laws on bushfire, hunting of animals, cutting of trees, pollution of water bodies, etc.
5) Training of the people of Hiamankyene in participatory environment monitoring and evaluation.
6) To form and train project implementation committee.
7) To form and train project activities group i.e. tree planting, sheep rearing, goat rearing, snail rearing, grass cutter, etc.
Results 2: 10 ha of degraded lands planted with indigenous species through improved Forestry System.
Activities
(1) Establish a community nursery
(2) Assist farmers to prepare their lands and plant the desired species.
(3) To open a demonstration farm.
(4) To train farmers in compost preparation and application.
(5) To train farmers in environmental monitoring and evaluation.
Results 3 80 women smallholder farmers introduced to sustainable integrated agro tree planting methods 60 acres of degraded lands planted with indigenous species through improved forestry system.
Activities
(1) Identify and register smallholder women farmers interested sustainable integrated agro tree planting methods.
(2) To train smallholder women farmers on sustainable integrated agro tree planting methods.
(3) To organize open days for smallholder women farmers practicing sustainable agro tree methods to interface with duty bearers and students.
(4) Introduce and train selected smallholder women farmers on sustainable management of agro tree farm and its impact on their livelihood and climate change.
Results 4 80 farmers participating in the project introduced to alternative livelihood activities.
Activities
(1) Identify and group common activity and interest groups on sustainable
alternative.
(2) Identify viable income generating activities.
(3) Train the people of Hiamankyene in their selected activity areas.
(4) Resource the people of Hiamankyene to establish their enterprise.
(5) Train women farmers / target group in monitoring and evaluation of their respective alternative livelihood activities.
Owning to the loss of forest, and unsustainable agricultural practices, the rains have become unpredictable and strong winds blow unchecked causing a lot of damage to farms and other properties. The once fertile soils are now impoverished to the extent that yields of food crops per unit area have reduced significantly. Chemical fertilization of crop land that resulted in respectable yields are also failing leaving the land more impoverished and hence incremental decrease in crop yields year is experienced.
Overall objective
To enhance the resilience and innovative capacities of smallholder women in integrated climate smart agriculture and organic farming in Hiamankyene community for the socioeconomic wellbeing of women within the landscape.
Specific Objectives
a) To increase smallholder women farmers' resilience to the impact of climate change through integrated agro tree sustainable practices and contribute to the green economy.
b) To train groups in income generation activities
c) To restore degraded lands through improved soil fertility techniques, wildfire management, natural regeneration, enrichment planting and sustainable wood fuel production.
d) To promote alternative livelihood activities that are compatible to biodiversity conservation, land restoration and sustainable resource management.
Intended Project Results
I. 50 farmers trained in biodiversity conservation practice soil fertility improvement techniques, wildfire management and tree planting.
II. 10 ha of degraded lands planted with indigenous species through improved forestry system.
III. 50 women smallholder farmers introduced to sustainable integrated agroforestry tree planting methods.
IV. 80 smallholder farmers supported investing in alternative livelihood activities.
Description of Project Activities
Results 1 50 farmers trained in biodiversity conservation practice soil fertility improvement techniques, wildfire management and tree planting.
Activities
1) Identification of overall target group of the project.
2) Project sensitization workshop.
3) Organize training on biodiversity conservation practice, soil fertility improvement techniques and wildfire management for farmers in Hiamankyene with support from Environmental Protection Agency and Forestry Commission.
4) Organize series of programmes to enable the community to enact local Bye-laws on bushfire, hunting of animals, cutting of trees, pollution of water bodies, etc.
5) Training of the people of Hiamankyene in participatory environment monitoring and evaluation.
6) To form and train project implementation committee.
7) To form and train project activities group i.e. tree planting, sheep rearing, goat rearing, snail rearing, grass cutter, etc.
Results 2: 10 ha of degraded lands planted with indigenous species through improved Forestry System.
Activities
(1) Establish a community nursery
(2) Assist farmers to prepare their lands and plant the desired species.
(3) To open a demonstration farm.
(4) To train farmers in compost preparation and application.
(5) To train farmers in environmental monitoring and evaluation.
Results 3 80 women smallholder farmers introduced to sustainable integrated agro tree planting methods 60 acres of degraded lands planted with indigenous species through improved forestry system.
Activities
(1) Identify and register smallholder women farmers interested sustainable integrated agro tree planting methods.
(2) To train smallholder women farmers on sustainable integrated agro tree planting methods.
(3) To organize open days for smallholder women farmers practicing sustainable agro tree methods to interface with duty bearers and students.
(4) Introduce and train selected smallholder women farmers on sustainable management of agro tree farm and its impact on their livelihood and climate change.
Results 4 80 farmers participating in the project introduced to alternative livelihood activities.
Activities
(1) Identify and group common activity and interest groups on sustainable
alternative.
(2) Identify viable income generating activities.
(3) Train the people of Hiamankyene in their selected activity areas.
(4) Resource the people of Hiamankyene to establish their enterprise.
(5) Train women farmers / target group in monitoring and evaluation of their respective alternative livelihood activities.
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Project Snapshot
Grantee:
Social Development and Improvement Agency
Country:
Ghana
Area Of Work:
Land Degradation
Grant Amount:
US$ 22,000.00
Co-Financing Cash:
US$ 10,000.00
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 18,000.00
Project Number:
GHA/SGP/OP7/Y4/CORE/LD/2023/30
Status:
Currently under execution
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Project Characteristics and Results
Policy Impact
It will contribute to the implementation of district land policy.
Inovative Financial Mechanisms
The Knowledge management principle of the project is aim for ease in sharing, disseminating, and locating valuable information to use it effectively and efficiently. SODIA goal in this is to encourage Open communication: SODIA will do this by creating a system where valuable information will be stored, shared, communicated, and created among members. This open communication will help propel the organization forward by providing valuable knowledge assets to members.
Ease of decision making: SODIA will have open use of information to assists in better decision making by equipping employees and leadership with the tools and training necessary to establish situational awareness.
Collect and connect: SODIA will collect data by capturing them using experts in particular fields to connect individuals to share in the knowledge and better use it.
In this sense we will use Feedback database: This type of database will allow for stakeholders to leave feedback for research and project officers to help interpret the shared information. Also, research files: particularly helpful in the development of a new product, these files will be created with crucial research about alternatives that have been tested from other projects from focus groups on the needs of beneficiaries. Again shared project files will be used to allow everyone on a team to work on a shared document and see and make changes, even from different locations. It is commonly referred to as a living document SODIA which will allow for collaboration on a project
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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
3
Empowerment
Number of women participated / involved in SGP project
50
Empowerment
Number of indigenous people participated/involved in SGP project
30
Empowerment
Number of value added labels/certifications/quality standards received or achieved
2
Biophysical
Hectares of degraded land rest
50
Biophysical
Hectares of land sustainably managed by project
20
Biophysical
Number of innovations or new technologies developed / applied
3
Biophysical
Number of local policies informed in land degradation focal area
1
Livehood
Total monetary value (US dollars) of ecosystem goods sustainably produced and providing benefit to project participants and/or community as a whole (in the biodiversity, international waters, and land degradation focal areas as appropriate)
100000
Livehood
Increase in household income by increased income or reduced costs due to SGP project
100
Livehood
Number of households who have benefited* from SGP project
50
Livehood
Number of individuals (gender diaggregated) who have benefited* from SGP project
120
SGP Country office contact
Dr. George Buabin Ortsin
Phone:
233-242-977980
Email:
Ms. Lois Sarpong
Phone:
+233 505740909
Email:
Address
UNDP, Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme P.O. Box 1423
Accra, Greater Accra, 233-302
Accra, Greater Accra, 233-302
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