Project Goal: To enhance financial literacy of farmers in northern Ghana through capacity building activities that will help them to farm as a business
Project Objectives:
- To enhance the use of business plans for the cash-crop production of the farmers
- To increase the use of financial services mainly through savings and cash-crop loans
- To conduct a comparative analysis of the effectiveness of different training approaches on rural small-scale producers
Expected Results / Outputs
- Innovative training material produced through the use of multimedia
Symbols used for Training
- 1,800 farmers trained in groups and 600 farmers coached on a regular basis by their peers
- The impact of the different approaches measured by comparison of the farmer’s profiles
- A final evaluation report gives clear recommendation for ACDEP’s broader capacity building plan in business development.
Project Target Group:
- The direct beneficiaries of the project are 1,800 small-scale farmers (of which 45% will be women)
- Staff of 6 ACDEP member agricultural stations / NGOs
Other Project Beneficiaries:
- Financial institutions (approx. 4) operating within the operational area of the project
- ACDEP Network
Duration of the project:
- From June 2010 to November 2011
Team:
- Mr Arnaud Leclercq, Microfinance & Business Development Advisor
- Mr Baaman Chatin, M&E Officer
- Miss Patience Akolgo Alagskomah, Training Officer