A climate change intervention project dubbed”, the Forest and Farmer Facility Phase II Climate Resilience Landscapes and Improved Livelihoods”, has been launched in the Upper East Region to help tackle upon climate change and ensure sustainable agriculture.
Maaltaaba Peasant Women Farmers’ Cooperative (MAPEWFAC), a Non-Governmental Organization is implementing the project with grant support from the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and its partners International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), AgriCord, the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).
The intervention which is a scale up will be implemented in the Talensi and Nabdam districts in the Region, targeting women groups in particularly who are vulnerable such widows, single mothers and Persons with Disabilities.
The Board Chairperson of MAPEWFAC, Ms. Mollydeam Zong Buntuya, explained that among the goals of the project is to ensure sustainable agribusiness along the Shea, soya, pig, goat, vegetables, and fish value chain for the women groups to build sustainable businesses for improved livelihoods and ultimately bringing about climate resilient landscapes.
