GHA/00/053 - Cassava Production and Farm Modernization: construction of Processing/Storage House for Reduction of Post Harvest Losses

Objective: To assist the 3500 residents of the Gboxome Village community in increasing and modernizing local cassava production, in order to achieve self-sufficiency in food, provide limited occupation and increase income-generation.

Background: The project aims to increase and modernize cassava farming and processing in the local community, as a means of providing rural employment and alleviating hunger and poverty. Cassava, a tuber crop, is cultivated for human consumption in Ghana and when gr

Use of Funds: The funds requested from 1% would be used for the purchase of all materials for the construction of a cassava processing and storage house. The Group`s total request for US$ 13,805.02 is also to cover the costs of farm equipment; improved seeds/cassava st

Beneficiaries: 3500