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 Northern and Upper East regions of Ghana.

Results achieved as of the end of project (March 2015) include : (1) 3,795 animal farmers (68% women) and 300 fish farmers (60% women) were trained on appropriate and sustainable crop, animal and aquaculture management practices; (2) more than 7,000 farmers (about 70% women) received inputs, such as seeds and equipment; (3) 121 income generation groups (between 10 and 30 members) were formed from the income generating beneficiaries. 64 village savings and loans associations have been formed from these income generation groups; (4) 1,561 beneficiaries (86% women) were trained and supervised with support from Community savings and loans facilitators by RESULT; (5) a local information and communication service for agricultural markets, ESOKO, was selected after a competitive process to provide market information and messaging services including weather forecasts; (6) 301 farmers (29% women) are currently registered on the ESOKO RESULT platform and have access to market information and the farmer helpline; and (7) nutrition training with cooking demonstrations has been provided in all of the 83 initial communities to 6,134 community members. These have contributed to enhanced food security and resilience for poor men and women smallholder farmers and their households in Northern and Upper East Ghana.