EU-GAP Components

Component I:  Market Oriented Agriculture Programme (MOAP) in Ghana -implemented by GIZ and MoF.

Total - €26.3M

EU - € 25M

Contributes to the development of actions targeting sustainable and commercial agriculture through the active support to seven (7) selected value chains. This contribution will help rural households to move from subsistence to income-generating agriculture and create decent jobs.

• More than 92% of the supported smallholder farmers (48% women, 56% young people below 35 years) are applying at least 5 recommended GAPs, 2 of which are climate resilient, in the promoted value chains.
• Productivity among smallholder farmers has increased, between 78% (rice) and 99% (soybean), as compared to 2017 baseline figures.
• More than 70,000 (44% women) have been capacitated on General GAPs across 6 value chains (Rice, Sorghum, Soya Groundnut, Cashew, and vegetables)
• 311 producers have been certified Organic according to EU sustainable standards, between 2019 and 2022, earning up to 70% more through exports to EU and Swiss markets.

• threshing services through linkages created.
• 871 smallholder farmers (88% Women) using handheld push planters procured on a cost-shared basis to reduce labor and time associated with planting.
• 572 Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs) have been formed and developed, with 15,364 members (79% women), to enhance access to finance. Share savings of 439 VSLAs valued at GhȻ 2,307,358.

Total - € 19,5 M 

EU - € 17 M

BMZ € 2,5M

Drives the transformation towards a climate resilient agricultural production and improved livelihoods in North West Ghana. The project builds capacities for the widespread adoption of Conservation Agriculture (CA) as well as climate resilient planning systems from the community to the district level. The project has a mulit-level approach: Within 200 rural communities, Community Action Plans (CAPs) are developed, and farmers are supported to implement Conservation Agriculture (CA) and Agroforestry. 14 Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) are capacitated to employ improved planning processes making use of GIS technologies and modernised IT Infrastructure.

• Staff of DPCU of all 14 MMDAs trained in Geographic Information system and Geodatabase management. Training includes developing data collection simple maps and developing land use maps.
• Central Administration of 14 MMDAs, Education, Health, Agriculture and NADMO departments are equipped with IT equipment (Desktop, Laptop, Tablet, printer, GPS device and LCD projector) to improve planning
• A unified Conservation Agriculture (CA) manual completed and handed over to MoFA to facilitate the dissemination of CA amongst farmers in the JPA.

Agriculture (CNTA) other Agriculture Colleges in the country.

• 57 AEAs trained in conservation agriculture and subsequent 2700 farmers trained in step down training in 54 communities on CA.
• 154,000 seedlings of cashew distributed to farmers in 26 communities to promote Agroforestry.
• 98 Community Land Use Maps developed and validated for 98 communities in the JPA.
• Staff of DPCU of all 14 MMDAs trained in Geographic Information system and Geodatabase management. Training includes developing data collection simple maps and developing land use maps.
• Central Administration of 14 MMDAs, Education, Health, Agriculture and NADMO departments are equipped with IT equipment (Desktop, Laptop, Tablet, printer, GPS device and LCD projector) to improve planning
• A unified Conservation Agriculture (CA) manual completed and handed over to MoFA to facilitate the dissemination of CA amongst farmers in the JPA.
• CA course to train Agriculture Extension Agents developed and adopted by Damongo Agriculture College (DAC) and Center for No till Agriculture (CNTA) other Agriculture Colleges in the country.
• 57 AEAs trained in conservation agriculture and subsequent 2700 farmers trained in step down training in 54 communities on CA.
• 154,000 seedlings of cashew distributed to farmers in 26 communities to promote Agroforestry.
  • 98 Community Land Use Maps developed and validated for 98 communities in the JPA.

(b ) Resilience Against Climate Change – Social Transformation Research (REACHSTR) by International Water Management Institute (IWMI).

Total - € 2.581,489M

EU - EUR 2,323,340.00

The REACH-STR project is working towards a more inclusive and sustainable economic growth policy and programming achieved in northern Ghana by 202.

The REACH-STR project involves five specific strategic activities:

1. MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION: Project management, monitoring & evaluation, and Communication

2. REVIEW AND DESIGN: Review of existing studies and identification of the main research questions.

3. RESEARCH IMPLEMENTATION: Implementation of approved social transformation research.

4. CAPACITY BUILDING AND LEARNING: Promote capacity building and knowledge management through annual knowledge and learning events, and summary reports of outputs from the knowledge and learning events.

I. RESEARCH OUTPUTS:

• Literature reviews: Four (4) stylized literature reviews on the concept of social transformation and its linkage with climate resilience, migration, and national policies have been completed.
• Journal Articles: Two (2) articles on social transformation have been published in high-impact journals.
• Policy briefs: Six publicity briefs covering the linkages between social transformation, gender relations, migration, and climate resilience have been published.
• Special research outputs: The project has completed studies on gendered transformation and the impact of development interventions (infrastructure, capacity building, etc.) on social transformation.

II. CAPACITY BUILDING OUTPUTS:

will provide insights on social transformation.

• Transformation Analysis Graduate Research Seminar Series (STARS): At least twice a year, scholarship beneficiaries make presentations about the progress of their work. Extracurricular training on career development has also been organised for the students.
• Learning and Knowledge Sharing Events: Annually, up to sixty (60) development planners, gender desk officers, and agricultural officers from the Upper West and Savannah regions are trained on social transformation analysis. In 2023, LKS events involved building the capacity of participants to understand climate funding mechanisms and to guide them in developing proposals for these funds.

III. CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA

• Pre-COP workshops: Prior to the UN Conference of the Parties (COP) on climate change for 2022 and 2023, national workshops were organized. A communiqué from the workshops is usually included in the information pack used by the Ghana team for the CoP conferences.

Component III:  Productive Investment for Savannah Ecological Zone.

It has four sub-components managed by separate agencies:

1. Component: Agricultural Water Management Project (AWMP) Implemented by GIDA in partnership with AFD

Budget:

Total = 47million Euro

EU = 42 million

AFD/French Government = 5 million Euro)

• Agricultural Water Management; aims to improve water management and provide opportunities for all year-round agricultural production in the project implementation area.

The project will invest in 35 small scale irrigation schemes comprising of:

• rehabilitation of 9 existing earth dams,
• construction of 6 new earth dams,
• developing 11 irrigation schemes fed by pumping stations from the black volta and,
• developing 9 irrigation schemes fed by boreholes /groundwater

The project will address critical irrigation infrastructure needs to enhance agricultural production and productivity in the project area.  It is expected that the project will put at least 1000ha of agricultural land under irrigation and this will benefit at least 6000 small holder farmers. In addition to the provision of the irrigation facility, the project also aims at increasing agricultural productivity by building the capacity of Water User Associations building on good agronomic practices.

The project will also address the structuring and strengthening of agricultural value chains, particularly rice and horticulture, by increasing farmers' access to inputs and services and improving their capacity to process and market products.

• Technical feasibility study completed in 2021 and reviewed.
• Project Management Unit (PMU) established and ready to implement the project and get the 35 irrigation schemes designed and constructed. 

 - World Bank in partnership with Department of Feeder Roads (DFR)

€35M

• Transport Infrastructure in Upper West Region; to build feeder roads and farm tracks to create linkages to market access and irrigation facilities, under the existing Ghana Transport Sector Improvement Project (TSIP)

• Transport Infrastructure: Works ongoing on all 3 packages totaling 669km of selected feeder roads with update as follows: 
• Total length of Package 1 - 235km (Nadowli Kaleo, Wa West, Wa Municipal): Construction works is currently ongoing with about 60km of the roads substantially completed
• Total length of Package 2 - 209km (Jirapa, Lawra, Daffiama- Bussie-Issa districts): Construction works is currently ongoing with about 50 km of the roads substantially completed
• Total length of Package 3 -  225km (Nandom, Lambusie, Lawra): Construction works is currently ongoing with about 70km of the roads substantially completed

Environmental and Social Assessment has been carried out, Concept Design finalised and procurement of contractors ongoing

Solar Energy; to provide access to affordable and reliable renewable energy to the agriculture private sector in the project area.

Solar Energy: Discussions on the implementation modalities and negotiations with key partners such as VRA, NEDCo ongoing