INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF JATROPHA PLANTATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE RURAL ENERGY SUPPLY AND LAND MANAGEMENT IN THE DEPRIVED COMMUNITIES OF THE NADOWLI DISTRICT
Land degradation is prominent with high densely population areas. The potential of overgrazing (and more ?naked? land) is high. Villages through which major and feeder roads pass have the displeasure of uncompensated use of gravel constructions. The region is generally semi-savanna, light undergrowth with scattered shrubs, and at some areas sahel - type of vegetation can be seen. Land degradation through gravel and sand winning is a subtle way of desertification in the name of development.
Traditional economic trees are Dawadawa (Parkia filicoindia or clappertoniana) and sheanuts (Buterospermum Parkii). Land support for food production is poor, though livestock rearing is buoyant. Piggery ?newly introduced happens to be the most cost effective venture under semi-intensive rearing systems.
About 70% of the population is farmers with 15% engaged in agro-trade. The rest are civil servants and traders of various kinds. The region is poorly furnished with infrastructure, treated water, roads, hospitals, schools etc. There are three main posts ? offices in the whole region of over 700,000 people. (1996). Illiteracy rate is high. It is estimated that about 18% of the people are literate.
Access to rural energy is a problem in most parts of the region. Due to vastness and scattered nature of settlement, most communities are without electricity. Most communities are without access to kerosene. Processing of agricultural products including maize, shea butter and dawadawa is still done manually by women because they do not have access to grinding mills. Even in places where the mills exist, access to diesel is a problem. The cumulative effects of all these are on women who spend most of their lifetime looking for water, food and energy. The hike in the price of kerosene has also made most rural women in the Upper West to live in total darkness. This does not limit their economic activities but also entrenches poverty in the area.
PROJECT OBJECTIVE
The project objective is to promote the cultivation of jatropha curcas in rural communities as a substitute for fossil fuel light industrial activities and for domestic lighting.
The project objectives are:
i. To assist women?s groups, schools and individuals farmers to plant jatropha curcas as living fences in ecologically sensitive areas to help control water erosion, re-vegetate degraded areas and prevent unwanted access to field by stray livestock and wind damage.
ii. To install jatropha extraction plant consisting of a corn grinding mill fitted with an 8 hp diesel engine, three stainless steel bridge presses, a jatropha seed sheller, a brick oven to produce jatropha oil for domestic industrial and commercial use.
iii. To promote the manufacture of local lanterns, pressure cooking stoves fueled by pure jatropha oil and production of local soap from the oil.
iv. To promote organic farming using residue from pressed jatropha cakes
3.5 PROJECT RESULTS/OUTPUTS
1. 25 km hedges of jatropha plantations established in erosion prone areas, degraded burrows and gravel pits in Nadowli district.
2. Two Jatropha extraction plants consisting of a corn grinding mill, fitted with an 8 hp diesel engine, three stainless steel bridge presses, a jatropha seed sheller, a brick oven installed at Tubani Tiaisi and owned by women?s group.
3. The TCC/GRATIS assisted to manufacture lanterns and pressure-cooking stoves that would be fueled with pure jatropha oil.
4. 10 local artisans trained in the manufacture pressure cooking stoves and lanterns
5. 10 women?s groups of 10 each trained in effective use of jatropha oil for soap making and preparation of compost using jatropha pressed cakes.
3. PROJECT ACTIVITIES
Output 1
25 km hedges of jatropha plantations established in erosion prone areas, degraded burrows and r gravel pits in Nadowli district.
Planned Activities
1.1 Create awareness on the agroforestry potential of jatropha planting
1.2 Through participatory approaches, survey and identify areas prone to soil erosion and degraded burrows and r gravel pits in ???..
1.3 Develop a participatory landuse plan to determine areas that can be dedicated to jatropha planting to be planted.
1.4 Establish a community nursery to produce jatropha seedlings for supply to potential planters
1.5 Organize farmers planting jatropha into groups and train them on group dynamic, conflict resolution and business management
1.6 Assist families to plant jatropha as hedged around house and on dedicated family lands
1.7 Assist groups/communities to plant degraded burrows and gravel pits.
1.8 Train the farmers on appropriate time for harvesting after the seeds have browned, proper storage of nuts and transportation to the buying centres.
Output 2
Jatropha extraction plants consisting of a corn grinding mill, fitted with an 8 hp diesel engine, three stainless steel bridge presses, a jatropha seed sheller, a brick oven installed at Tubani and Tiasi.and owned by women?s group.
2.1 Identify two strategic communities for the installation of jatropha extraction plants.
2.2 Form and train local cooperative groups to manage the jatropha oil extraction business.
2.3 Assist the groups to construct structure to house the machines
2.4 Acquire and install jatropha oil processing plant.
2.5 Install buying centres to buy the feedstock from the farmers at prices determined by all stakeholders
2.6 Train the operators on the right use of the equipment and procedures
2.7 GRATIS should assist the manufacturers to acquire proper equipment for the storage of the oil in bulk.
2.8 Training the users in the handling and packaging of jatropha oil for retailing.
2.9 Set up a local body to determine the price of feedstock and the final products.
2.10 Market the final products
Output 3
TCC/GRATIS assisted to manufacture lanterns and cooking stoves that would be fueled with crude jatropha oil.
Planned Activities
3.1 Sign memorandum of agreement with TCC/GRATIS to manufacture jatropha oil processing machines capable of producing at least 20 gals a day and to manufacture lanterns and pressure cooking stoves that operate on jatropha oil.
3.2 In collaboration with GRATIS/Tema oil refinery and other agencies, determine the best mix or blending ratios that can support the new lantern and the cook stoves
3.3 Test the lanterns and stoves in selected communities.
3.4 Identify local retailers to sell bio-diesel lanterns and stoves
3.5 Embark on intensive educational awareness campaign to promote the use bio-diesel lanterns and stoves in the rural areas.
Output 4
10 local artisans trained in the manufacture cooking stoves and lanterns that thrive on jatropha oil
Planned Activities
4.1 identify and select potential local artisans to be trained in the manufacture of bio-diesel cooking stoves and lanterns.
4.2 Train the artisans in the construction and manufacture of the stoves and lanterns
4.3 Institute standards in the manufacture of the equipment to avoid imitation
4.4 Create competition among the trainees to ensure quality production.
4.5 Equip the successful trainees to produce on large scale.
Output 5
10 women?s groups of 10 each trained in effective use of jatropha oil for soap making and preparation of compost using jatropha pressed cakes
5.1 Form women?s groups to be trained in the manufacture of local soap using jatropha oil
5.2 Equip the selected groups with basic equipment to produce jatropha oil soap.
5.3 Set up demonstration farms using jatropha pressed cakes s the main organic manure
5.4 Identify women?s groups engaged in vegetable production and register them
5.5 Train them in the use of jatropha pressed cakes as organic manure in place of chemical fertilizers
5.6 Assist the farmers groups to get access to the pressed cake as farm manure.
Traditional economic trees are Dawadawa (Parkia filicoindia or clappertoniana) and sheanuts (Buterospermum Parkii). Land support for food production is poor, though livestock rearing is buoyant. Piggery ?newly introduced happens to be the most cost effective venture under semi-intensive rearing systems.
About 70% of the population is farmers with 15% engaged in agro-trade. The rest are civil servants and traders of various kinds. The region is poorly furnished with infrastructure, treated water, roads, hospitals, schools etc. There are three main posts ? offices in the whole region of over 700,000 people. (1996). Illiteracy rate is high. It is estimated that about 18% of the people are literate.
Access to rural energy is a problem in most parts of the region. Due to vastness and scattered nature of settlement, most communities are without electricity. Most communities are without access to kerosene. Processing of agricultural products including maize, shea butter and dawadawa is still done manually by women because they do not have access to grinding mills. Even in places where the mills exist, access to diesel is a problem. The cumulative effects of all these are on women who spend most of their lifetime looking for water, food and energy. The hike in the price of kerosene has also made most rural women in the Upper West to live in total darkness. This does not limit their economic activities but also entrenches poverty in the area.
PROJECT OBJECTIVE
The project objective is to promote the cultivation of jatropha curcas in rural communities as a substitute for fossil fuel light industrial activities and for domestic lighting.
The project objectives are:
i. To assist women?s groups, schools and individuals farmers to plant jatropha curcas as living fences in ecologically sensitive areas to help control water erosion, re-vegetate degraded areas and prevent unwanted access to field by stray livestock and wind damage.
ii. To install jatropha extraction plant consisting of a corn grinding mill fitted with an 8 hp diesel engine, three stainless steel bridge presses, a jatropha seed sheller, a brick oven to produce jatropha oil for domestic industrial and commercial use.
iii. To promote the manufacture of local lanterns, pressure cooking stoves fueled by pure jatropha oil and production of local soap from the oil.
iv. To promote organic farming using residue from pressed jatropha cakes
3.5 PROJECT RESULTS/OUTPUTS
1. 25 km hedges of jatropha plantations established in erosion prone areas, degraded burrows and gravel pits in Nadowli district.
2. Two Jatropha extraction plants consisting of a corn grinding mill, fitted with an 8 hp diesel engine, three stainless steel bridge presses, a jatropha seed sheller, a brick oven installed at Tubani Tiaisi and owned by women?s group.
3. The TCC/GRATIS assisted to manufacture lanterns and pressure-cooking stoves that would be fueled with pure jatropha oil.
4. 10 local artisans trained in the manufacture pressure cooking stoves and lanterns
5. 10 women?s groups of 10 each trained in effective use of jatropha oil for soap making and preparation of compost using jatropha pressed cakes.
3. PROJECT ACTIVITIES
Output 1
25 km hedges of jatropha plantations established in erosion prone areas, degraded burrows and r gravel pits in Nadowli district.
Planned Activities
1.1 Create awareness on the agroforestry potential of jatropha planting
1.2 Through participatory approaches, survey and identify areas prone to soil erosion and degraded burrows and r gravel pits in ???..
1.3 Develop a participatory landuse plan to determine areas that can be dedicated to jatropha planting to be planted.
1.4 Establish a community nursery to produce jatropha seedlings for supply to potential planters
1.5 Organize farmers planting jatropha into groups and train them on group dynamic, conflict resolution and business management
1.6 Assist families to plant jatropha as hedged around house and on dedicated family lands
1.7 Assist groups/communities to plant degraded burrows and gravel pits.
1.8 Train the farmers on appropriate time for harvesting after the seeds have browned, proper storage of nuts and transportation to the buying centres.
Output 2
Jatropha extraction plants consisting of a corn grinding mill, fitted with an 8 hp diesel engine, three stainless steel bridge presses, a jatropha seed sheller, a brick oven installed at Tubani and Tiasi.and owned by women?s group.
2.1 Identify two strategic communities for the installation of jatropha extraction plants.
2.2 Form and train local cooperative groups to manage the jatropha oil extraction business.
2.3 Assist the groups to construct structure to house the machines
2.4 Acquire and install jatropha oil processing plant.
2.5 Install buying centres to buy the feedstock from the farmers at prices determined by all stakeholders
2.6 Train the operators on the right use of the equipment and procedures
2.7 GRATIS should assist the manufacturers to acquire proper equipment for the storage of the oil in bulk.
2.8 Training the users in the handling and packaging of jatropha oil for retailing.
2.9 Set up a local body to determine the price of feedstock and the final products.
2.10 Market the final products
Output 3
TCC/GRATIS assisted to manufacture lanterns and cooking stoves that would be fueled with crude jatropha oil.
Planned Activities
3.1 Sign memorandum of agreement with TCC/GRATIS to manufacture jatropha oil processing machines capable of producing at least 20 gals a day and to manufacture lanterns and pressure cooking stoves that operate on jatropha oil.
3.2 In collaboration with GRATIS/Tema oil refinery and other agencies, determine the best mix or blending ratios that can support the new lantern and the cook stoves
3.3 Test the lanterns and stoves in selected communities.
3.4 Identify local retailers to sell bio-diesel lanterns and stoves
3.5 Embark on intensive educational awareness campaign to promote the use bio-diesel lanterns and stoves in the rural areas.
Output 4
10 local artisans trained in the manufacture cooking stoves and lanterns that thrive on jatropha oil
Planned Activities
4.1 identify and select potential local artisans to be trained in the manufacture of bio-diesel cooking stoves and lanterns.
4.2 Train the artisans in the construction and manufacture of the stoves and lanterns
4.3 Institute standards in the manufacture of the equipment to avoid imitation
4.4 Create competition among the trainees to ensure quality production.
4.5 Equip the successful trainees to produce on large scale.
Output 5
10 women?s groups of 10 each trained in effective use of jatropha oil for soap making and preparation of compost using jatropha pressed cakes
5.1 Form women?s groups to be trained in the manufacture of local soap using jatropha oil
5.2 Equip the selected groups with basic equipment to produce jatropha oil soap.
5.3 Set up demonstration farms using jatropha pressed cakes s the main organic manure
5.4 Identify women?s groups engaged in vegetable production and register them
5.5 Train them in the use of jatropha pressed cakes as organic manure in place of chemical fertilizers
5.6 Assist the farmers groups to get access to the pressed cake as farm manure.
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Project Snapshot
Grantee:
Suntaa Nuntaa Rural Development Project
Country:
Ghana
Area Of Work:
Climate Change Mitigation
Climate Change Mitigation
Climate Change Mitigation
Grant Amount:
US$ 25,000.00
Co-Financing Cash:
US$ 3,000.00
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 25,000.00
Project Number:
GHA/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE /2008/026
Status:
Satisfactorily Completed
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Project Characteristics and Results
Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods
1. Income levels of the beneficiaries increased by at least 40% by end of project
2. Level of food security (frequency of food shortage periods; local agricultural productivity) increase to cover all year
3. 50 indigenous people given informal education in nursery development, tree planting, biodiversity, business management under the project?
4. Increase in level of gender equity (women?s income generation activities increased by 50%)
5. 40 ha of jatropha plantation developed
Policy Impact
CLimate change adaption
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Indicators
Biophysical
Number of innovations or new technologies developed / applied
2
Biophysical
Number of local policies informed in climate change focal area
1
Biophysical
Hectares of degraded land rest
1000
Biophysical
Hectares of land sustainably managed by project
40
Biophysical
Number of innovations or new technologies developed / applied
2
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
40
Livehood
Number of households who have benefited* from SGP project
50
Livehood
Number of individuals (gender diaggregated) who have benefited* from SGP project
20
SGP Country office contact
Dr. George Buabin Ortsin
Phone:
233-242-977980
Email:
Ms. Lois Sarpong
Phone:
+233 505740909
Email:
Ms Akosua Bireduaa Aninakwa
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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