| Project Detail |
The project is an additional financing to Savannah Investment Program (SIP) for Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security in the Northern Savannah Ecological Zone of Ghana. The Savannah Investment Program (SIP) is the base Project for the Additional Financing. The overall goal of the Program is to reduce importation of animal protein, enhance competitiveness of the poultry industry, improve small ruminants breeds and contribute to improved food and nutrition security. The project has four main components, namely: i) climate resilient agricultural production for women and youth; ii) women and youth participation in poultry production; iii) sustainable value chain development; and iv) project management and institutional support.
Project Objectives
The project development objective is to increase climate-smart local food production, enhance food and nutrition security for women, youth and vulnerable groups in 12 selected districts in the Savannah Zone. The project is expected to contribute to Government’s flagship programme, Planting for Food and Jobs 2.0 (PFJ 2.0) which focuses on 11 prioritized commodities including maize, soybean, rice, sorghum, plantain, yam, cassava, vegetables (tomato, pepper and onion) and poultry.
Beneficiaries
The additional financing will support individual farmers who are dispersed in 12 districts of the Savannah Ecological Zone of Ghana. The subprojects or the individual farmer’s undertakings will be on existing farmlands. The size of these undertakings is very small and when individually taken will have low environmental and social risks. The use of agrochemicals, especially fertilizers, which the project will procure for farmers will pose moderate environmental and social risks. |
