Project profile — Resilient and Sustainable Livelihoods Transformation in Northern Ghana

The expected intermediate outcomes for this project include: Increased, diversified, and more equitable agricultural production for male and female smallholder farmers and their households; increased, diversified, and more equitable incomes and assets for rural, food insecure men, women and their household in the Upper East and Upper West regions of Ghana.

Results achieved as of March 2017 include: (1) a total of 21,167 farmers (70% women) have received support to undertake crop and livestock production, income generating activities and aquaculture production; (2) 4,600 women have been engaged in income generating activities, resulting in gross margins of 20% or more, a significant milestone towards sustainable and profitable business; (3) 274 community agriculture workers were trained and 16,000 farmers reached with extension services (education and training on good agricultural practices and technologies) ; (4) access to land for women farmers reached 100% in all project communities and land sizes for women farmers increased from ¼- ½ an acre last year to an average of 1 acre; and (5) women have reported better relations at home, feeling more respected by their spouses, increased participation in decision making, being viewed as sources of key information and knowledge, and being recognized as indispensable partners in the households as a result of project interventions. These have contributed to improved food security, increased incomes and resilience among vulnerable and poorest populations in the project communities.