Project profile — Generating Revenues for Nutrition Ghana

• Ghana (100.00%)

• Basic Health: Basic nutrition (12240) (50.00%)
• Agriculture: Agricultural development (31120) (50.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (significant objective)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (significant objective)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Children's issues (significant objective)
• Youth Issues (significant objective)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)
• Nutrition (principal objective)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)

This project aims to improve the nutritional and financial security of women, youth and young children in six selected districts in northern Ghana. The project seeks to achieve this by supporting beneficiaries to increase agricultural productivity and diversify crop varieties while promoting gender equality in families and communities to facilitate a more inclusive value chain and business environment for the crops developed. Project activities include: (1) training women and men in equitable nutrient availability and child feeding practices; (2) promoting households to participate in farming as a business club using men and women as joint collaborators to build business skills; (3) engaging women and men in Village Savings and Loan Associations to promote access to financial services; (4) advocating to higher-level policymakers to integrate the Healthy Living Clubs approach into the Ministry of Health standard practice throughout Northern Ghana; (5) reaching 32,000 clients and non-direct beneficiaries with nutritious food promotion; and (6) providing gender-responsive and generationally-relevant business skills training. This project directly benefits at least 9,612 women, 5,292 men and 7,560 children under five years of age, with indirect beneficiaries of community-based activities numbering approximately 15,120 rural household members.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) more equitable and enhanced nutrition for households, especially for women and young children; (2) increased control for women and youth on how revenue from sales of nutritious foods is utilized; and (3) improved support for a more inclusive, gender-equitable, nutritious and sustainable food system.

Results achieved as of December 2023: (1) provided cuttings of nutritious orange fleshed sweet potato, amaranth seeds, papaya, and moringa to over 1,100 households to grow nutritious crops in their home gardens; (2) led to 39% more women and 185% more children consuming sufficient vitamin A rich foods which are important for reproduction, growth, and development; (3) conducted 6 gender dialogues focusing on biases of traditional, cultural, and religious norms that hinder the progress of women in their communities; (4) trained 6 bakeries and 6 local snacks processors to incorporate nutritious orange fleshed sweet potato puree for making fried and baked products; and (5) partnered with the largest bakery in the region to incorporate nutritious orange fleshed sweet potato in bread manufacturing.

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