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Title:

Climate resilient livelihoods for women in northern Ghana- II

Agreement Number:

7466440 P013877002

Agreement Value:

$5,000,000.00

Agreement Date:

Mar 7, 2025 - Mar 31, 2030

Description:

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 operates operate in 5 regions of northern Ghana where farming communities are highly vulnerable to droughts and other climate-related challenges. Project activities include: (1) providing training through tailor-made 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) facilitating access to financial products such as low-interest loans, waived collateral, and flexible repayment terms. These financial products are tailored to 14,500 smallholder 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) delivering leade

Organization:

Global Affairs Canada

Expected Results:

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.

Location:

OAKVILLE, Ontario, CA L6H 0C3

Reference Number:

064-2024-2025-Q4-A0012

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Business Number:

3203877516385

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Additional Information:

Belated reporting.

Recipient's Legal Name:

Opportunity International Canada

Federal Riding Name:

Oakville

Federal Riding Number:

35072

Program:

Contributions - Bilateral Programming

Program Purpose:

Contribution Programmation bilatérale