Self Help Africa
WEST AFRICA
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he West Africa programme operates in four countries:
The focus of the programme is increasingly on value addition
burkinafaso Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo and Benin. Projects are
and creating linkages with private sector opportunities for
managed out of the office in Ouagadougou, Burkina
agricultural producers.
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kenya
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WEST AFRICA NIGER
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01. Building Resilience to Climate Extremes
02.Water and Sanitation 03. Improving incomes and food security through agricultural production
MALI Ouagadougou
COTE D´IVOIRE
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Tamale 05. Linking into the Future
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06. Empowering Women within the Cashew Value Chain
08. Economic and Ecological Resilience
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07. Agriculture, Food-based Nutrition and Enterprise Development
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04.Development of Sustainable Smallholder Agricultural Entrepreneurship
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Total Budget
BRACED programme – DFID
€1,100,000
Improved Access to Water and Sanitation
European Commission, Electric Aid, Jersey Overseas Aid Commission (JOAC), Private Trusts/Foundations
€1,599,050
Improving incomes and food security through agricultural production
Jersey Overseas Aid Committee
€286,527
Smallholder Agricultural Entrepreneurship
Electric Aid, Angen Jurgen, SHA
Building Resilience to Climate Extremes
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Donor
Timeframe
2014
Implementing Partner PER, Wend Yam, CABI, Welthungerhilfe
Kourwéogo, Oubritenga, Plateau Central, Sanmatenga & Bam Provinces, Centre Nord regions. (Burkina Faso)
Wend Yam, SOS Sahel International, Organic
Boucle du Mouhoun, Centre Nord, Centre Sud (Burkina Faso)
ADECCOL
Kourittenga Province, Centre-East Region (Burkina Faso)
Association de Projet Ecologie et Reforestation (PER)
Bam Province, Central North (Burkina Faso)
2017
2011 2016
2015 2017
€102,000
2015 2016
Programme Area
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Linking into the Future
Intersnack, African Cashew Initiative, SHA
€194,561
2014 2016
Tolaro Global, DEDRAS
Tourou, Daringa, Bonkpo & Komi in Parakou, Djougou & N’Dali Districts (Benin)
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Empowering Women within the Cashew Value Chain
Wallmart Foundation
€ 777,125
2015
African Cashew Alliance
Bole, Wenchi, Kintampo, Brong-Ahafo (Ghana)
Sustainable Agriculture, Food-based Nutrition & Enterprise Development
SHA
Trax Ghana
Upper East & Northern Regions, Ghana
Economic and Ecological Resilience
Jersey Overseas Aid Committee
Rafia, Gadib, Code Utile
Savannah region (Northern Togo)
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2017 € 49,495
2015
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Programme
2015 €288,903
2014 2016
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BUILDING RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE EXTREMES BURKINA FASO
through improved and sustainable access to droughttolerant seeds, soil fertility improvement and a specific focus on enterprise development.
trengthening the ability of smallholder farmers to
The project will also work closely with the government to
cope with the effects of climate variability through
strengthen agricultural extension services and an early-
diversifying agricultural production and increasing
warning weather system.
household income is the focus of this project. Evidence from the resilience-building approaches will Working with Welthungerhilfe, local government and local
be used for embedding climate adaptation approaches
partners in Burkina Faso this project will work to build
in local, regional and national plans and generate best
the economic, ecological and organisational resilience of
practice guidelines on climate adaptation in the Savannah
620,000 women, children and men.
region.
The project will promote the diversification of agricultural
Total direct beneficiaries: 620,000
production of smallholder farmers and improve incomes
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WATER AND SANITATION, BURKINA FASO
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IMPROVING INCOMES AND FOOD SECURITY THROUGH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, BF
and Centre-Sud regions of Burkina Faso. The provision of safe
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drinking water and sanitation remains a major challenge in
returns from rice and vegetables.
his is an EU funded project that is providing safe drinking water, latrines and hygiene awareness training to 30,000 people in the Boucle Mouhoun, Centre-Nord
his project in the Centre-East Burkina Faso is supported by the Jersey Overseas Aid Committee, and aims to improve household income and food security by
working with 1,240 farmers to increase production and
rural Burkina Faso. Farmers are being trained in rice and vegetable production, Two types of latrines are being provided: basic family
seed multiplication, in establishing irrigated market garden
Ventilated Improved Pit (VIP) latrines and ECOSAN latrines,
plots for vegetable production, and in improved management
designed to transform faecal matter into a safe, natural
of wetlands for rice production. Improving access to irrigation
fertiliser. Agriculture inputs such as chemical fertilisers are
enables farmers to produce vegetable crops during the dry
expensive, often beyond the means of most rural households,
season, and help diversify diets and improve nutrition. Drip
and can be damaging to the environment, so an additional
irrigation reduces labour demands, and farmers can spend
benefit of this project will be an increase in crop yields
more time on other income-generating activities.
through access to natural fertiliser. The project is also supporting the establishment of strong Water points are being rehabilitated or constructed according
producer and processor cooperatives that will enable farmers
to the availability of boreholes and wells in villages. The
to increase returns through processing and improved market
project is working with three local partners and local
access. Additionally, training is being provided to lead
governments to ensure careful follow-up of the maintenance
farmers and work is being carried out in close cooperation
and management of the latrines and boreholes.
with government extension staff to ensure that skills and knowledge are embedded at community level.
Total direct beneficiaries: 30,000
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Total direct beneficiaries: 1,240
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his project is seeking to increase by 25% the cashew production of close to 2,500 small scale farm producers already working in the cashew
sector.
1,770 cashew producers are being assisted, along with 520 women who will be supported with inter-cropping, and 120 small-holder farmers with beekeeping (60 of whom are women). The project will work to strengthen community-based extension services, strengthen farmer organisations, provide assistance in value chain development, and have a particular focus on gender inclusion.
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DEVELOPMENT OF SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP , BURKINA FASO
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his project is seeking to support 420 rural poor farming households in 12 villages in Kongoussi and Nasséré departments, two of the most arid areas of Bam
Province, Burkina Faso, to adopt improved farming technologies with a view to improving agricultural productivity. SHA working with its local partner PER is building the capacity of poor smallholder farmers to use proven low-cost soil and water conservation agriculture practices with the aim of increasing agricultural productivity; contributing to improving biodiversity; supporting healthy soils and clean water; combating land degradation; and contributing to long-term
The project is supported by Intersnack and is designed to improve access for smallholder farmers to the cashew value chain. It builds upon learning in an earlier pilot programme with cashew growers in the country. A further objective is to improve the organisation of cashew producers and their cooperatives through training in operational and financial management and linking them to micro-finance institutions. By partnering with Tolaro Global processing plant, the cashew farmers receive training in quality control and have a ready market for their crops through Tolaro and in turn Intersnack. There is also a contract with the African Cashew initiative (ACi) for this initiative to provide
environmental stewardship.
training materials and support .
In addition, the project is strengthening the capacity of 12
The project will work with rural farm families in the
farmer organisations to provide ongoing support for their members in using the new techniques and maximising their returns from crop and tree sales. Supporting smallholder farming households to adopt new crop varieties and proven low-cost improved agronomic techniques for improved soil fertility and water retention SHA aims to
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LINKING INTO THE FUTURE - BENIN
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Tourou, Daringa, Bonkpo and Komi Districts in Parakou, and elsewhere in the Djougou and N’Dali Districts, all in Benin.
Total direct beneficiaries: 2,410
sustainably increase and diversify their agricultural production by at least 25%. The promotion of these agricultural technologies will support smallholder farmers to both increase their production and also increase the income they can generate from their land.
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EMPOWERING WOMEN WITHIN THE CASHEW VALUE CHAIN, GHANA
his Walmart Foundation-funded project will be jointly implemented with the African Cashew Alliance in two countries – Ghana and Kenya.
Through the use of two low-cost community-based extension approaches, ‘lead farmers’ and ‘farmer field schools’, communities will receive skills to undertake improved agricultural practices. The project aims to train cashew farmers on increasing production of quality cashew nuts and empowering producers within the cashew nut value chain. Cashew growers will diversify incomes by utilising by-products of cashew farming and inter-cropping with legumes. Training of farmer associations in value chain management and ‘farming as a business’ will enable them to engage in informed relationships with buyers and negotiate prices. The project will also address the low and unstructured
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION & ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT, GHANA
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he overall aim of this project is to maintain soil fertility and a food-based approach to nutrition, to increase food security and wealth creation
amongst smallholder farmers in Northern Ghana. Over 2,000 farmers (350 households) in the Upper East and Northern Regions of Ghana will be assisted. The principal target group of the nutrition component of the project are poor, rural women and young children (6 months-5 years of age). A key crop being promoted to support this goal is the nutrient-rich orange fleshed sweet potato. The project will seed to increase crop production and productivity and income through adoption of LEISA (lox external input sustainable agriculture) techniques and the diversification of income sources for participating households.
organisation of cashew farmers. Organising farmers will enable them to institutionalise knowledge and best practices and create a platform for sharing and multiplying learning and experiences.
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Total direct beneficiaries: 25,000
Total direct beneficiaries: 2,100
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ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE, TOGO
Seed grower associations will be supported and trained to produce certified, drought-tolerant varieties of staple crops (soya bean, maize, rice, sorghum and millet), to ensure that farmers have on-going access to affordable,
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appropriate, quality seed. his three-year Jersey Overseas Aid Commissionfunded project aims to improve the food security
By working with producer, processing, seed
and income of rural smallholder farmers in
multiplication and tree nursery groups, skills and
the isolated and poor Northern Savannah region of
techniques will be retained at community level and
Northern Togo.
farmers can support each other.
Building on earlier work with local partners RAFIA,
Total direct beneficiaries: 3,330
GADIB and Code Utile, this project focuses on training farmers in natural resource management, improving soil fertility and sustainable agricultural practices to increase agricultural production of soybeans, maize, millet, sorghum and rice. The project will particularly target female smallholder farmers and take an integrated approach to ensure sustainability. SHA and our partners will work closely with producer and processing farmer-led organisations and cooperatives to strengthen management practices and to store produce for securing improved prices for members through bulking.
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