Grants and Contributions:

Climate Resilient Livelihoods for Women in Northern Ghana

7466405 P013877001

$7,500,000.00

Mar 7, 2025 - Mar 31, 2030

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.

Global Affairs Canada

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased use of gender-responsive climate-smart agriculture practices by farmers, particularly women, in selected vulnerable communities; (2) enhanced climate change leadership and decision-making by women in community planning; and (3) improved delivery of financial services to women in agriculture.

OAKVILLE, Ontario, CA L6H 0C3

064-2024-2025-Q4-00016

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

3203877516385

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Opportunity International Canada

Oakville

35072

Contributions - Bilateral Programming

Contribution Programmation bilatérale