NEW, IMPROVED, VARIETY COCOA NURSERY DEVELOPMENT AND AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS RESOURCE AND TRAINING PROJECT

NURSING FUTURE FORESTS INITIATIVE IN GHANA

  • Project Budget: € 15,500

  • Beneficiaries: 200 direct beneficiaries

  • Partners: 2

PURPOSE

  • Establish a cocoa nursery and rehabilitation program supported by a water source (water pump and four water tanks)
  • Create a model Improved Variety Cocoa farm where agroforestry methods such as alley cropping, live fencing and woodlots will be demonstrated
  • Stop deforestation by educating the community on agroforestry practices through workshops and seminars
  • Strengthen NGO structure and the abillity of its members to work
  • Advertise and promote the AHHF Improved Cocoa Nursery and other seedlings

This project was possible thanks to the support of the Adzicels Happy Home Foundation, Wofabeng Agroforestry and ED Group (WAFEDEG), 6 government partners and the EFICO Foundation and ran from January 2011 to September 2011.

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