Project Detail

Women Initiative in soil and water conservation in Ayorya traditional areas to promote innovative agroecology models and mechanisms for conservation and management of carbon stocks for the improvement of livelihoods in the Black Volta Catchment Area

The project seeks to promote women involvement in landscape management through soil and water management sustainable land management and promotion of agroecological farming and woodland management for the improvement of livelihoods in Ayorya community and its environs. The project will build capacities of rural women to establish climate smart groundnut farms to enable the farmers produce reliable harvest and increase yield and support the women to invest in integrated groundnut processing enterprise.

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Ayorga Women Groundnut Producers Association

Country:

Ghana

Area Of Work:

Land Degradation

Operational Phase:

OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)

Grant Amount:

US$ 9,500.00

Co-Financing Cash:

US$ 4,500.00

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 12,000.00

Project Number:

GHA/SGP/OP6/Y3/CORE/LD/2018/030

Start Date:

2/2018

End Date:

8/2019

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

All the beneficiaries are local members of the community.

Policy Impact

Implementation of soil fertility improvement.

Linkages gef projects

Not yet

Policy Influence

Support to rural industrialization policy.

Planning non gef grant

The National Board for Small scale Industries is replicating the business model.

Replication of project activities

The project activities are being replicated in Kintampo SOuth

Project sustainability

The project has become an enterprise.

Planning gef grant

The project has been recommended by the NSC under the special women-led innovative project.

Inovative Financial Mechanisms

The project will build a strong knowledge management on project funds, at the community level and area council policy planning and legal frameworks as well as knowledge on how to access funds from the assembly, NGOs, CBOs and direct access modalities of the Green Climate Fund. Baseline survey through focus group discussions and personal interviews will be employed to capture and document new information, practices and lessons. Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and Threat (SWOT) analysis will be conducted among local focus groups and communities before project implementation. This will provide understanding before for the project implementation. New practices and lessons acquired through the project implementation will be available to interested parties in the form of reports, workshops, conferences, presentations and media broadcast

Notable Community Participation

The project will conduct consultation and interactive dialogue with local communities and other relevant stakeholders involve in environmental issues such as EPA, GEF and FSCD with the view of soliciting their inputs into the implementation of the project. Focus group discussions, interviews, and durbars will be conducted to create awareness on how to demand accountability for district assemblies and other CBOs and dialogue for change. The project will actively engage local CBOs and community members for most of the project activities.

Gender Focus

The project will rely on the men to prepare the land as the women plant the fields. When the machines are installed, the men would be trained as machine operators.

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

The project will use consultative processes to relay information to the CBOs and communities and will actively depend on the local and traditional governance structures to mobilize and reach out to the CBOs and communities. Through focus group discussions, community durbars, peer reviews, monthly and quarterly reports, presentations and local media, the project goals, activities and results will be communicated to the communities and other relevant stakeholders. Policy brief documents will be develop and presented to stakeholders in the form of workshops and community dialogue

Capacity - Building Component

The women lacked capacity in treating field diseases and processing of the groundnuts into vegetable oil.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

Train selected women on the processing of the groundnuts into oil and paste and packaging of the products. Acquire simple manual/semi-automated groundnut processing machines; rotary roaster and a mill to process the ground into paste

Project Results

2ND QUARTER RESULTS
1. Climate Smart Groundnuts Cultivation ?
Forty (40) women trained and supported in climate smart groundnuts cultivation as well as practicing soil and water conservation management techniques in the projects area and its environs. women
were taken through the preparation of land, how to make compost, the effects of chemical fertilizer and the need to do mix cropping.
women were organized in two groups of twenty (20) members each and introduced to integrated climate smart groundnut cultivation and demonstration farm established.

2. Several Radio discussions held at Kintampo radio station
Ten (10) women were trained to do radio discussions on climate change issues. They confidence and knowledge level was high during the community fora, meetings and radio talk shows.

3. Training in Alternative livelihoods (Soap & Pomade Making Training)
Twenty (20) women have been trained on Soap and Pomade Making as an off season activity to support their families.

3. Demonstration Farm
A demonstration farm was instituted to do practical work on planting for the climate smart groundnut for the women to get better understanding of the project
4. Desilting of Dugouts
Three dugouts were desilted at Ayorya, Kyingakrom and Nkwanta for the farmers to get water for the groundnut farms throughout the whole year.
5. Milling Structure
The structure for the grinding mill machine for the milling of groundnut has been constructed
6. Community Savings & Loans Scheme
Groups have been introduced to the village saving and credit schemes. More people from the community have joined and are benefiting instant cash in times of financial need. The number is increasing daily because the group leaders have educate the communities around Ayorya
Capacity Building & Training
Two (2) trusted groups of twenty (20) members each formed and trained in basic book keeping skills, conflict resolution, soil and water conservation, composting, and pesticide preparation. They learnt on nem leaves and pawpaw leaves used to control pest. The women are now aware of the use of chemical fertilizers that destroy the microorganisms in the soil and pesticide also having bad health implications on human health.

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Indicators

Biophysical

Hectares of degraded land rest 200

Biophysical

Hectares of land sustainably managed by project 120

Biophysical

Number of innovations or new technologies developed / applied 2

Biophysical

Number of local policies informed in land degradation focal area 1

Biophysical

Number of national 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) 200000

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