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Purpose

The project aims at improving the resilience of agricultural livelihoods, particularly for women, by promoting the adoption of gender-responsive climate-smart agriculture practices. The project will operate in five regions of northern Ghana where farming communities are highly vulnerable to droughts and other climate-related challenges. Project activities include: (1) tailored training programs on climate-resilient farming practices and resources to enhance women’s capacity to adapt to climate change and to address specific barriers such as limited access to land, technology, and financial services; (2) access to financial products such as low-interest loans, waived collateral, and flexible repayment terms tailored to 14,500 smallholders farmers for purchasing farming inputs and to 480 agribusiness traders for storage and trade as well as to 20 small and medium size enterprises to enhance value-added processing; and (3) leadership training to strengthen women’s ability to take an active role in community planning and decision-making processes related to agriculture and climate adaptation within their communities.