Sustainable Agriculture resource for Rural Ghana |
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8 Years |
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Aims/Objectives: |
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| The Sustainable Agriculture Integrated Resource for Ghana is an NGO formed in 1995 by Ghanaian agricultural scientists with other national and international organisations, with the following aims: | | Promote sustainable growth, which has been constrained by fundamental problems such as food insecurity and environmental conditions. | | Promote pilot projects for small farmers, including maize storage, inventory credit schemes and cultivation of cash crops including maize and yam. | | Implementation of community bore-holes to provide potable water for 10,000 communities. |
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Measurable results and specific
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| Through our work with the interior rural communities of the Greater Afram Plains area, a previously deprived and marginalised area, this area has become one the most fertile and productive areas of the country. |
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Implementation mechanisms
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| Following the grant of initial funds, the money was utilised on the purchase and cultivation of maize, the creation of storage facilities and the digging of wells. |
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Name: |
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Dr Safdar Kalifa |
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drsafdark@yahoo.com |
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Sustainable Agric, Resource Management Programme |
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P.O. Box 025 Ct. Cantoments Accra Ghana |
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Accra |
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Greater Accra |
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Ghana |
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+233 21 319310 |
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+233 21 314447 |
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