WUZDA Ghana has been actively implementing the Farm-Promoting Urban Organic Waste for Food and Livelihood Security (FaPUOWaFLiS) project across 10 communities. Their primary focus has been to thoroughly assess the readiness of the project beneficiaries for the fourth phase.
This latest phase, initiated in June, is designed to achieve several key objectives. These include promoting improved hygiene practices within Ghana’s Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) sector, advocating for adopting sustainable agricultural methods to ensure the production and consumption of nutritious foods, facilitating market access for organic produce, and empowering small-scale producers.
In particular, the project aims to establish cross-sector networks that will boost small-scale producers’ negotiating power and lobbying capacities.
During a recent visit to all the ten communities involved in the project, WUZDA Ghana’s Project Officers meticulously observed the farmers’ substantial progress in expanding their farm sizes and adding more farmers to the groups, facilitating documentation for the lands, orientating the farmers on the drip systems, and providing them with marketing strategies to complete the value chain.
The Marketing Officer Mr. Mahamud encouraged the farmers to develop the habit of savings with the use of the VSLA, after the sale of their vegetables, while providing them guide on effective measures for healthy vegetable consumption.
The Quality Control Officer Mr. Ali engaged the farmers concerning their group constitution regarding the management of the VLSA groups by themselves.
The officer stated that there will be a review of their constitution yearly, for them to elect their executive board for a smooth operation of their activities.
The officer encouraged personal hygiene in the handling of the vegetables, as well as the importance of the proper practice of hygienic culture around their farms and homes.
According to Mr. Mahamud, there is a need for proper sanitation education for vegetable farmers, which should include the need to stop open defecation around the communities and on the farmlands.
He explained the various models of toilets WUZDA Ghana offers to individuals and institutions, and other services the organization renders, to help in ending open defecation.
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