| Immediate Outcome |
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| Improved skills and knowledge in appropriate and sustainable crop, animal and aquaculture management practices |
- Assess the needs and capacities of beneficiaries and the potential opportunities for appropriate and sustainable crop, animal and aquaculture production, consumption and marketing. The crops supported are likely to include a mix of staple crops and legumes as well as dry season crops; the animals supported are likely to include poultry (chickens and guinea fowl), small ruminants and pigs; and the fish species supported is likely to be tilapia.
- Select, train and equip community agriculture workers (CAWs) to support the delivery of training and extension services to crop farmers. The CAWs will be linked to Agriculture Extension Agents (AEAs) for support. Select, train and equip community livestock workers (CLWs) to provide veterinary services and animal husbandry training and extension support to animal farmers. The CLWs will be linked to MoFA’s veterinary service officers for support. RESULT Project staff or implementing organizations will deliver aquaculture extension services.
- Group crop, animal and fish farmers for the purpose of communication, information dissemination and the delivery of training; and select lead farmers for each group. Design and deliver training programs to these farmer groups. The training programs will cover sustainable crop, animal and aquaculture management practices; recording and analyzing cost of production data; financing production; post-harvest or production handling, processing and marketing; and integrating relevant gender, environment and climate change adaptation considerations.
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| Increased access for men and women to inputs and improved technology for crop, animal and aquaculture production |
- Establish criteria for the provision of inputs and technology including beneficiary selection criteria and expected beneficiary contributions (e.g. commitment, participation in training, labour, materials, cash, pass on of seeds or animals). Monitor that contributions are provided and requirements are met.
- Assess and identify respective needs of women and men for appropriate labour-saving tools, equipment and technology. Promote innovative technology and practices that are designed to address women’s technology and labour constraints. Procure, distribute and train women and men on their use and maintenance.
- Establish relevant and appropriate start-up packages for various crop, animal and aquaculture activities. Procure, distribute and train women and men on the use of the start-up packages.
- Support the rehabilitation or construction of appropriate crop storage facilities, animal housing and aquaculture cages for women and men through training, selected materials, and follow-up coaching.
- Assess the local level weather forecasting needs of women and men farmers. Establish or strengthen linkages with MoFA and Meteorological Services to access and disseminate relevant weather information. Improve and strengthen local-level weather forecasting systems through training and equipment (e.g. barometers).
- Assess and identify the respective needs of female and male farmers for water resources and the availability and accessibility of water resources in the project sites. Improve access to rainwater harvesting equipment and micro-scale irrigation systems (e.g. treadle pumps, small-scale drip irrigation) where appropriate for groups of farmers and subject to negotiated agreements on use and maintenance.
- Assess and identify respective capacities and needs of men and women to access financial services (savings, credit and insurance). Form or strengthen informal savings and loans groups to support men and women’s crop, animal and aquaculture activities. Establish or facilitate linkages between savings and loans groups and formal financial institutions.
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| Increased capacity of RESULT staff, ACDEP, government partners and implementing organizations and communities to more effectively promote and support gender equality and environment/climate change adaptation and disaster risk mitigation considerations. |
- Assess and identify capacities and needs of ACDEP, RESULT Project, government partners and implementing organizations on gender equality and women’s empowerment, and environment/CCA and DRM. Design and deliver appropriate training courses.
- Assess and identify the capacities and needs of the targeted communities in environment/CCA and DRM. Design and deliver appropriate training.
- Assess and identify the capacities and needs of the targeted communities in gender equality. Facilitate linkages with appropriate institutions and stakeholders (e.g. Women in Agriculture Development (WIAD), Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs (MoWAC), local and international organizations, etc.) for best practices regarding women in agriculture and gender equality. Adapt or design appropriate gender equality campaigns and workshops with community, district and regional leaders and decision-makers and community members to engage men and women in transformative change for women’s empowerment and to demonstrate the benefits of supporting women.
- Deliver training to communities on nutrition and gender-responsive food utilization by supporting women’s lead role in family nutrition. Foster linkages with organizations (such as WIAD, Ghana Health Services, local and international organizations, etc.) that deliver training packages addressing the nutritional needs of the family, including intra-household food distribution practices, food safety and utilization, and the importance of safe water, sanitation and personal hygiene to nutritional outcomes.
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| Improved skills, knowledge and access to financial services and inputs by Income generation groups (IGGs) to support agricultural and non-agricultural income generating activities |
- Assess the needs and capacities of beneficiaries and the potential opportunities for agricultural and non-agricultural income-generating activities that would generate increased, diversified and more equitable incomes. These income-generating activities require a higher level of inputs, production or marketing than what individual farmers would be pursuing (under Immediate Outcome 100). Income Generation Groups (IGGs) will therefore be formed to pursue these identified activities.
- Design and deliver training to IGGs in leadership, organizational development, business management, technology applications, bookkeeping and marketing. Support IGGs to develop business plans. Promote women’s roles in decision-making by supporting confidence building measures. Establish linkages with relevant organizations to deliver functional literacy and numeracy training for IGG members as required.
- Form or strengthen savings and loans groups to support the business plans of IGGs. Provide training and support. Establish or facilitate linkages between savings and loans groups and formal financial institutions.
- Assess and identify processing equipment and technology needs of IGGs in accordance with business plans. Negotiate asset transfer agreements with IGGs that specify the conditions that must be met before transfer of the asset (including any IGG contribution in cash or in-kind) and that outlines requirements for the use and maintenance of the equipment. Procure and distribute the equipment and provide training on its use and maintenance.
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| Increased access for men and women to markets for selected agricultural and non-agricultural products |
- Conduct market studies to identify agricultural and non-agricultural market opportunities for female and male farmers and IGGs and facilitate market linkages.
- Link female and male farmers and IGGs to aggregators (purchasers who source produce from farmers at the farm gate or in local markets, and sell to bulk traders or to more distant markets) or buyers.
- Design and deliver training to farmer groups on post-harvest handling (sorting, grading, bulking, etc.) and to IGGs on value addition for selected markets to improve the value of products.
- Establish linkages to market information systems for farmer groups and IGGs to access timely and appropriate market price information.
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