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Sustainable Rural LivelihoodEnhancement and Poverty Reduction

Through the Establishment ofPerennial Fruit Tree Crops - Ghana

Best Practices and Innovation (BPI)

Initiative-Interaction

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Area of Intervention

9 out of 10 regions

52 districts

600+ communities

30,000 farmerhouseholds (300,000beneficiaries)

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Main Constraints and Challenges

High level of food insecurity and rural povertyaffecting majority of rural dwellers

Average of 4 months of household food shortage

Over exploitation of natural resources resulting inreduced stock of trees, low rainfall and decliningsoil fertility

Use of low-output traditional farming methods

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Main Constraints and Challenges, cont.

Lack of access to agricultural inputsLimited access to improved technologies

Overdependence on annual food crops

Lack of a tree crop safety net

Poor access to markets

Increased rural-urban migration

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Program Approach

FarmerGroup

Formationand

Training

Agro-InputCredit

to FarmerGroups

Agro-forestry

(Tree crop

intercroppedwith annual

Crops)

TechnologyAdoption

IncreasedCrop

Yields

BusinessTraining

andMarketingLinkages

Increasedincome

ImprovedFood

Security

PovertyReduction

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Critical Factors for Success

Favorable land tenuresystem

Appropriate choice ofmarketable andecologically adaptedfruit/woody trees

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Critical Factors for Success, cont.

Farmer group formation and useof solidarity groups

Training of beneficiaries and

community based volunteerextension workers

Provision of input credit hardware

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Critical Factors for Success, cont.

Marketing training and linkages between farmers, buyers andprocessing industries

Tree and annual crops system providing short and long term

food security and income

Use of video documentaries, radio, demonstration farms, fielddays, crop event and Best Farmer Award Days

Close project Monitoring and support of beneficiaries bystrategically located Field Staff.

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0

1

2

3

4

5

2002 2004 2006

YEARS

NUMBEROFMONTH

S

4

3

1.34

Evidence of Success

Months of Food Shortage

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Evidence of Success, cont.

Increased yields of promoted crops:

Citrus: 354 kg/acre to 18,213

Maize: 400 kg/acre to 1,114 kg/acre

Mango: 700 kg/acre to 3,213 kg/acre

Soybean: 200 kg/acre to 600 kg/acre

Increased beneficiary income

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Increase in Yield: Citrus

CITRUS

INCREASE IN YIELD: 2002 VS. 2006

YIELDINKILOG

RAMS

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

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Increase in Yield: Non-Citrus

0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

3,500

MAIZE MANGO SOYBEAN

INCREASE IN YIELD: 2002 VS. 2006

YIELDINKILOGRAMS

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Evidence of Success, cont.

Creation of fruit tree belts(9,118acres citrus, 3,000 acresof mango and 9,000 acrescashew)

Mangos exports to Europe

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Evidence of Success, cont.

Two large scale factories processing 450 MT offruits/day. Companies established in the heart of thecitrus belt in the Eastern and Central Regions 2006, 2009);

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Evidence of Success, cont.

Storage losses reduced from40% at baseline (2002) to 5%in 2006

Improved living standards,better housing, householdassets, ability to pay childrensschool fees, and health care.

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Evidence of Success, cont.

Income increased through off-season selling

Credit repayment rate of 75-80% achieved as againstagricultural lending repayment in industry of

below 50%

Diversification into other ventures

Reduced rural-urban migration

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Evidence of Success, cont.

Adoption of natural resourcemanagement practices by 93% ofbeneficiaries compared with 12.7%adoption by Non-project clients

Farm size expansion: acreagesincreased from the initial 1-2supported acres, to between5 - 26 acres

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NRM Practices

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

HECTA

RES

2002

10

200469

2006

93

2002

5,790

2004

7,562

2006

11,459

HECTARES UNDER NRM% FARMERS USING NRM

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Evidence of Success, cont.

Over 40 project farmers have won Best Farmerawards during Ghanas annual National FarmersDays between 2002-2010

Based on impacts of this USAID-funded FoodSecurity Project, ADRA Ghana has won two awards:

International Development Partner Category; MillenniumExcellence Award 2005:

Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMIG) Award asNon-Governmental Organization of the Year 2007

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Thank You