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Building the Capacities of Women Smallholder Farmers to invest in integrated Climate Innovate Agroecology for water and food security in Nankpanduri in Bunkpurugu Nyankpanduri Distric

Main Project Objective
The main objective of this project is to promote broader adoption of proven climate smart agricultural technologies and good practices in agroecology and climate-smart agriculture among smallholder farmers in Kpamele, Badimuguru and Boatarigu communities in order to improve farmers? incomes, access to renewable energy, water, and food.
3.2 Specific Objectives
The specific objectives are to:
a. support smallholder women farmers to adopt technologies that combine agroecology farming with fish farming and animal rearing under simple irrigation system.
b. train households, commercial food vendors, cottage industry operators and institutions to adopt improved and efficient mud stoves for cooking and heating.
c. train and empower households in wildfire management and to transforms their domestic and farm wastes into compost to support organic agroecology for food security and sustainable incomes.
3.3 Project Implementation Strategy
This project seeks to build the

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

TUONA POGABA WOMEN GROUP

Country:

Ghana

Area Of Work:

Land Degradation

Operational Phase:

OP6 Y8 (July 22-June 23)

Grant Amount:

US$ 24,000.00

Co-Financing Cash:

US$ 25,000.00

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 5,000.00

Project Number:

GHA/SGP/OP6/Y8/CORE/LD/2023/41

Start Date:

9/2023

End Date:

10/2023

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

All the targeted farmer are local people.

Capacity - Building Component

The capacity needs of the youth farmers were low adoption of technological innovations leading to poor agricultural and food systems that contribute to rural poverty and unsustainable incomes

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

The project will adopt community meetings and workshop and community durbar to create awareness.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

The project will build strong commodity value chain linkages around vegetable and fish and poultry products-vegetable and fish marketing. It will increase the productivity of land and water resources effectively by integrating small irrigation, aquaponic and poultry. Vegetable-fish-poultry farming was one example of integrated-irrigation aquaculture (IIA)-a strategy to increase agricultural productivity from every drop of water while improving the financial sustainability of investments in irrigation. Vegetables, poultry, and fish are cultivated together on the same plot adjacent to each other and the by-products of one are used as inputs by the other.

Inovative Financial Mechanisms

The project will document results and share with community members.

Policy Impact

The project will support district agricultural policy implementation.

Gender Focus

The women in the community were mostly wood collectors and charcoal burners. The lives and livelihoods of women in land degraded communities are poor and their human rights have been violated severally. The project will support these women smallholder farmers to invest in the environment as a business enterprise and not business as usual. This project will introduced them to organic farming on commercial scale

Notable Community Participation

This project was designed with youth involvement. Their needs and aspirations were captured in the project activities. The Youth women and persons living with disabilities constituted a large number of project beneficiaries. The youth would be involved in the project activities implementations.

Project Results

This was the results of the first disbursement.
1. Launched project and organized community sensitization on environmental and land degradation. (for over 90 participants). This resulted in changed in behaviour on environmental and land degradation practices in the community.

2. Introduced 60 smallholder farmers to climate-smart agriculture and agro-forestry. This resulted in change in behaviour and practices. Farmers embraced climate-smart agriculture practices. Farm yields are expected to increase this year.

3. Land prepared and cultivated. planted 450 (cashew and tick) trees on a total land area of 10 acres 4ha). The output was 10-acre degraded land restored by agroforestry (plants and trees seedlings intercropped on land).

4. Provided 175 metal pillars with 50 wire fencing on a total land area of 10 acres (4ha in one community) with gates.

5. Procured farm inputs (28 fertilizers) were distributed to 14 farmers. 20 kg of beans and Bambara bean seeds planted on a 10-acre land area
o Organize community sensitization on environmental and land degradation.
o Introduce 30 smallholder farmers to climate smart agriculture
o Create a community agroforestry reserves by planting 12,000 tress on a total land area of 10 acres (4hts)
o Provide metal pillars with wire fencing on a total land area of 10 acres (4ha in each community) with gates.
o Procure farm inputs (organic fertilizers and seeds) and distribute to 22 farmers
At the end of the implementation period, all activities set out to be implemented were carried out.

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Indicators

Empowerment

Number of CBOs / NGOs participated / involved in SGP project 1

Empowerment

Number of CBOs / NGOs formed or registered through the SGP project 2

Empowerment

Number of women participated / involved in SGP project 30

Biophysical

Hectares of degraded land rest 10

Biophysical

Hectares of land sustainably managed by project 10

Biophysical

Number of innovations or new technologies developed / applied 3

Biophysical

Number of local policies informed in land degradation focal area 2

Livehood

Increase in household income by increased income or reduced costs due to SGP project 60

Livehood

Number of households who have benefited* from SGP project 50

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