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CASHEW VALUE CHAIN IN WESTERN BURKINA FASO
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GHANA CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
of the country and forge links for producers with processing
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companies based around Burkina’s second city, Bobo Dialasso.
This project promotes a range of soil and water conservation,
We will work with producers on quality control using KOR
and other natural resource management activities and aims
kits which will increase their credibility with processing plants
to build the resilience of 2,000 small-holding farm families
and carry out the first level of cashew processing, shelling, to
to cope with climate change and produce food in changing
increase their margin from buyers. In addition to processing
environmental conditions. The focal areas of the project
of the nut we will train farmers and women producers on
include soil fertility regeneration interventions, crop-livestock
processing of the cashew apple which is a valuable but under
farming, income generating activities and the strengthening
utilised by-product of cashew nut production.
of community trainers as lead farmers and farmer-based
alue-addition and linking processors to markets is the focus of this new project in Burkina Faso. Local partners SOS Sahel will carry out the work in the west
his project is being implemented by TRAX Ghana in the Dachio and Pelunga areas of Upper East Region, and Mozio and Pagnatik Zones in Northern Ghana.
producer groups or organisations. The project will seek to SHA will also work with producers to improve organisation
address the problem of unsustainable agricultural practices
and management of farmer groups, as working in larger
and environmental degradation which is a contributing factor
groups on established plantations will give producers stronger
to poor soils and desertification.
collective bargaining power. Women will be supported to access credit from micro-finance institutions to invest in micro-
Farmers will be trained in the early detection of animal and
enterprises around the cashew value chain.
crop diseases and linked with Ministry of Agriculture paravets
Total Beneficiaries: 100 cashew producers and processors
for additional support. TRAX Ghana will also collaborate with staff of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) to train farmers groups on wildfire prevention and management, link up with Ghana Forest Services Department and Environmental Protection Agency to support tree growing and environmental conservation actions. Farmer producer groups of soybean and
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