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Agroforestry Practices to Enhance Resource-Poor Livelihoods Project No. S63440 Purchase Order 7041024 Date: July 5, 2007

Project Implementation Plan

Funding Agency: Canadian International Development Agency Lead Executing Agency: Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph In association with: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana

Agroforestry Practices to Enhance Resource-Poor Livelihoods - Ghana

Project Implementation Plan 1

Table of Contents Acronyms and Abbreviations ................................................................................................................... 2 1. Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 4

1.2 Selection Committee and Reviewer Comments .......................................................................... 5 2. Project Design ...................................................................................................................................... 10 2.1. Context and Rationale ............................................................................................................... 10 2.1.1 The Communities ................................................................................................................. 11 2.1.2. Selected Community 1: Ayakomaso ................................................................................ 12 2.1.3. Selected Community 2: Dumasua .................................................................................... 12 2.1.4. Selected Community 3: Fiapre ......................................................................................... 13 2.1.5. Community Involvement in Project Development........................................................... 13

2.2. Logical Framework Analysis .................................................................................................... 14 2.3. Reach and Beneficiaries ............................................................................................................ 20 2.3.1 Project Impacts on Millennium Development Goals ....................................................... 20 2.3.2 Project Description and Results Chain ............................................................................. 20

2.4. Cross Cutting Directives ........................................................................................................... 23 2.4.1. Gender Analysis ............................................................................................................... 23 2.4.2 Gender Equality Strategy ................................................................................................. 24 2.4.3. GIS Analysis .................................................................................................................... 27 2.4.4. Policy Analysis ................................................................................................................. 28 2.4.5. Outreach ........................................................................................................................... 28

2.5. Risk Strategy ............................................................................................................................. 29 2.5.1. Key Risks and Mitigation ................................................................................................ 29

2.6. Sustainability Strategy ............................................................................................................... 30 2.7. Partnership ................................................................................................................................. 31

3. Project Management .......................................................................................................................... 32 3.1. Management Approach and Structure ....................................................................................... 32 3.2. Partner Roles and Responsibilities ............................................................................................ 33 3.2.1 Financial Management ..................................................................................................... 39

4. Project Implementation .................................................................................................................. 39 4.1. Narrative ................................................................................................................................... 39 4.1.1 OUTCOME 1 Poverty alleviation in the target communities .......................................... 39 4.1.2. OUTCOME 2 KNUST as the centre of excellence in West Africa delivering AF

technologies ....................................................................................................................... 45 4.1.3. OUTCOME 3 National AF policy revitalized and strengthened ...................................... 50

4.3 Work Breakdown Structure ...................................................................................................... 52 4.4. Schedule ................................................................................................................................... 58 4.4.1 Quick time table for outputs and activities .................................................................... 58 4.4.2. Detailed time table of outcomes, outputs, activities, tasks ............................................ 59

4.5. Budget ....................................................................................................................................... 63 5. Project Information ......................................................................................................................... 67

5.1. Performance Measurement Framework ................................................................................... 67 5.3. Performance Reporting Framework ......................................................................................... 71 5.4. Annual Work Planning ............................................................................................................. 71

References ................................................................................................................................................ 72



Acronyms and Abbreviations AAGDS Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Development Strategy AEAs Agricultural Extension Agents AF Agroforestry AGM Annual General Meeting APEL Agroforestry Practices to Enhance Livelihoods BIRD Bureau of Integrated Rural Development CANR College of Agriculture and Natural Resources CBO Community Based Organization CEA Canadian Executing Agencies CIDA Canadian International Development Agency CI Canadian Lead Institution CRNR College of Renewable and Natural Resources CSIR Council for Scientific and Industrial Research DCETO Developing Country Education and Training Organization EPA Environmental Protection Agency FASDEP Food and Agriculture Sector Development Policy FFRT Faculty of Forest Resource Technologies FRNR Faculty of Renewable and Natural Resources FSD Forestry Services Division GBC Ghana Broadcasting Corporation GIS Geographic Information System GPC Ghana Project Coordinator GPRS Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy GoG Government of Ghana IITA International Institute Tropical Agriculture IRNR Institute of Renewable and Natural Resources KNUST Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology LEA Local Executing Agencies LOI Letter of Intent MDA Ministries, Departments and Agencies MDG Millennium Development Goal MFY Males, Females and Youth MOFA Ghana Ministry of Food and Agriculture MOU Memorandum of Understanding MPT MultiPurpose Trees NAP National Agroforestry Policy NGO Non-Government Organization NRM Natural Resource Management ODA Official Development Assistance PMF Performance Measurement Framework PM Performance Measurement POWB Program Of Work and Budget PSI Presidential Special Planning Initiative RBM Results-Based Management SRWC Short Rotation Wood Crops UG University of Guelph WAFC World Agroforestry Centre



1. Introduction This document is the Project Implementation Plan (PIP) for the Tier 1 project (S63440) entitled “Agroforestry Practices to Enhance Resource-Poor Livelihoods”. It describes how the Lead Executing Agency, the University of Guelph (UG), plans to implement the project funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) in partnership with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana. The contribution agreement was signed between CIDA and the University of Guelph on August 25, 2006 and subsequently a detailed inception mission was undertaken from October 13 to 20, 2006 in Ghana to clarify project expected results, objectives, partner responsibilities, reporting strategies, resource allocations etc. This was undertaken through a process of consulting with key stakeholders including representative members from the three communities, District Assembly representatives and Ministry of Food and Agriculture representatives. This inception mission meeting was then followed by another PIP finalization meeting in Guelph, Ontario when the 5-member Ghanaian team came to Guelph, Ontario to be trained in the Results-Based Management (RBM) process and to attend the CIDA auditor’s initial visit to Guelph from January 9 to 21, 2007. During the latter meeting, extensive efforts were made to finalize the PIP. A MOU was also signed between UG and KNUST in November 2006 in order to ensure mutual and cordial understanding between the two institutions in relation to the execution of project objectives and to legally bind KNUST on deliverables. The PIP provides the overall framework and general guidelines within which the project will be implemented, managed and monitored for results. The PIP will be amended as required through the preparation and approval of the Annual Work Plans (AWP’s) incorporating GIS and gender crosscutting themes. Deviation from the original proposal: During the inception mission meetings, the highest priority was given to address reviewer comments. During this process it was unanimously decided not to adopt the ‘competitive’ process as stated in the original proposal for following reasons:

1. Reviewers asked us to “consider having more flexibility in the sub-projects for community development” and to “better integrate local knowledge and expertise in the project”. In order to incorporate these suggested changes and to reduce cost and risk, it was decided to develop all projects as ‘designated’ sub-projects but to include all competitive sub-project topics (policy analysis and enhancement [outputs 3.1 and 3.2 from the Performance Measurement Framework table], biology environment and management [outputs 1.1 and 2.2], value addition for income generation [outputs 1.1,1.3, and 2.1] , food security [output 1.1,1.3, and 2.1], educational and outreach mechanisms [outputs 1.2, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5] ) as stated in the original proposal.

2. It was also felt that the implementation of well-known and proven technologies through the ‘designated’ sub-project mechanism will not only address reviewer suggestions but will save time and reduce risk significantly.

It should be emphasized that these deviations will only positively affect the overall delivery of results on this project.

Agroforestry Practic

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1.2

Selection Committee and Reviewer Comments

Tab

le 1 Selection

Com

mittee an

d Reviewer Com

men

ts

Main Top

ic

Specific Com

men

ts

Location of Revisions in

PIP

National and

CID

A

prioritie

s

1. Better e

xplain th

e priority th

at th

e Po

verty Reductio

n Strategy Paper atta

ches to

agroforestry activ

ities and

the

extent to

which th

e project w

ould suppo

rt th

ose activ

ities.

2. Fu

rther e

xplain how

the objectives of the project wou

ld

contribu

te to

the CID

A policies referred to

in th

e prop

osal.

It wou

ld also be in

teresting if propo

nents could bette

r link

their o

bjectiv

es specifically

to th

e prioritie

s enun

ciated in

the po

licy statem

ent “Canada Making a Difference in th

e World”.

1. National agroforestry po

licy is one of the in

tegral

compo

nents of th

e GPR

S. T

his aspect has been taken

into con

sideratio

n and ou

tcom

e 3 of th

is project will not

only ensure the revitaliz

ation of th

is policy at th

e natio

nal level but efforts have been m

ade to in

corporate

agroforestry in

to th

e district plann

ing activ

ities.

2. In th

e po

licy statem

ent “Canada Making a Difference in

the World: Improv

ing Fo

od Security

and

Nutritio

n”,

basic hu

man needs, g

ender e

quality

and

env

iron

ment

have been identified. It sho

uld be evident from

the

LFA

table that we have link

ed outpu

ts 1 and

2 to

ou

tcom

e 1 which in

turn sho

uld directly add

ress CID

A

polic

y prioritie

s.

Institu

tional

Strengthening

3. B

etter e

xplain how

the capacitie

s of th

e DCETO’s

individu

al fa

culties wou

ld be reinforced.

4. Provide additio

nal information on

the skills that th

e University

of G

uelph could enhance throug

h its

participation in th

e project.

3. Please re

fer to pages 20

to 22 in th

e PIP where we have

clearly defined results fo

r the re

source-poo

r, results fo

r KNUST

, results fo

r youn

g Ghanaian profession

als and

results fo

r Ghana. F

urther, throu

gh th

e recently signed

MOU between UG and

KNUST

, KNUST

has assured

employment for fa

culty

trained.

4. In th

e work break do

wn structure un

der the

“respo

nsibilitie

s” colum

n, UG fa

culty

are in

volved in

nu

merou

s activ

ities and

tasks in order to

deliver re

sults.

This invo

lvem

ent w

ill enh

ance th

e deliv

ery and qu

ality

of re

sults. P

lease refer to page 65 in th

e PIP, where CI

(UG) e

xpertises are listed. T

o mentio

n a few, two

Agroforestry Sp

ecialist, on

e Gender S

pecialist, on

e GIS

Specialist, on

e Aqu

atic specialist etc.


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Benefits to

the

Com

mun

ity

5. C

larify how

the benefits of a

groforestry wou

ld flow

to th

e communities with

in th

e tim

e fram

e of th

e project, in

particular th

ose beyond

the three that have been

specifically targeted.

6.

Consider h

aving more flexibility in

the sub-projects fo

r community

develop

ment.

7. Better integrate lo

cal k

nowledg

e and expertise in th

e project. The re

latio

nship between commun

ities and

cultu

re with

respect to forestry cou

ld be very in

teresting.

5. Performance in

dicators have been set to

mon

itor

performance and

progress to in

sure timely

dissem

ination of agroforestry benefits to

the

commun

ities (p

lease refer to Pe

rformance M

easurement

Fram

ework Table). In

the LFA

, agroforestry related

outputs are clearly lin

ked to th

e agroforestry based

outcom

e 1 (results). Further re

vitaliz

ation of

agroforestry policy, in

corporation of agroforestry into

the district plann

ing activ

ities and

non-formal training

of you

ng Ghanaians, h

ave all b

een pu

t in place to in

sure

adop

tion beyond

the three commun

ities.

6. Has been addressed in th

e introd

uctio

n (see “Deviatio

ns

from

the original propo

sal”).

7. Has been addressed in th

e introd

uctio

n (see “Deviatio

ns

from

the original propo

sal”).

Links to

other

initiatives

8. Better d

escribe the synergies that wou

ld be created with

other d

onor-suppo

rted projects.

8. It is to

o early to sug

gest th

at synergy with

other don

or

agencies is possible. How

ever, it is ou

r intent to

coordinate with

other don

ors in th

e project d

istrict, as

identified by baseline surveys.

Partnership

approach to

managem

ent

9. Fu

rther e

labo

rate on the roles and respon

sibilities of each

partner in all com

ponents of th

e project implem

entatio

n and monito

ring with

som

e explanations as to th

e ratio

nale

for h

aving the Canadian partner take up

a large po

rtion of

the managem

ent respo

nsibilitie

s.

9. Fo

r further elabo

ratio

n of ro

les and respon

sibilities

please re

fer to the Project T

eam Terms of Reference

table in th

e PIP. T

he Canadian partners m

anagem

ent

budget is only 11

% of the to

tal C

IDA con

tribution (less

than th

e allowed 12%

). Networking

and

colla

boratio

n

10. E

nvisage a closer collabo

ratio

n with

the private sector

since this sector in Ghana is th

e target of inv

estm

ent and

is

grow

ing.

11

. Consider c

ollabo

ratin

g more closely with

other re

levant

educational institutions and

with

gov

ernm

ent p

olicy

makers in Ghana.

10. Atte

mpts will be made to achieve th

is objectiv

e. W

e will work with

personn

el on UG’s Tier 2

project in

Ghana which has a private sector c

ompo

nent.

11. S

ignificant collabo

ratio

n has been put in

place in

the

PIP with

the relevant edu

catio

nal institutions and

with

government p

olicy makers in Ghana. P

lease refer to the

Narrativ

e section.


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Results based

managem

ent

and activ

ities

12. C

learly define outputs, outcomes, and

impacts in th

e logical framew

ork analysis. W

hile th

e goal and

purpo

se

have been identified, im

pact, o

utcome and ou

tputs have

not b

een identified explicitly enou

gh. S

ome intend

ed

results have been id

entified, but th

e usual h

ierarchy amon

g them

as requ

ired by the results-based m

anagem

ent

metho

dology (o

utpu

ts leading to outcomes which

them

selves con

tribute to achieving

the im

pact) is no

t sufficiently clear. With

out a proper structure, the

impression

is th

at th

ere are two projects: on

e focusing on

build

ing capacity of the partner in

stitu

tions and

the second

im

plem

entin

g activ

ities in

three commun

ities.

13

. Develop m

ore precise performance in

dicators to

measure

the prog

ress to

wards achieving th

e expected re

sults.

14

. Take into consideratio

n changes in pop

ulation grow

th due

to m

igratio

n in th

e risk analysis.

15

. Link activ

ities m

ore clearly to th

e results th

ey will

produce. The link between the intend

ed re

sult “N

RM

polic

y generated and adop

ted by pub

lic and

private sector

institu

tions” is especially

weak.

16

. Elabo

rate on activ

ities plann

ed fo

r enh

ancing th

e lib

rary

and the labo

ratory.

17

. Better d

emonstrate th

at building the Kwam

e Nkrum

ah

University

of S

cience and

Techn

olog

y’s (K

NUST

) capacity to

use a Geographic Inform

ation Sy

stem

(GIS)

would re

duce poverty and

that th

e partner institution

would not becom

e ov

erly dependant on GIS.

12. All of th

ese have been addressed in th

e revised LFA

and we have clearly link

ed tasks to activities and

activ

ities to

outpu

ts and

outpu

ts to

outcomes.

13. P

lease refer to the Pe

rformance M

easurement T

able in

the PIP.

14. Out m

igratio

n has been taken into con

sideratio

n in th

e risk analysis and has been ra

nked lo

w risk.

15. Refer to

LFA

. 16

. Refer to

the Narrativ

e.

17. GIS in

this project is a cross cuttin

g them

e. E

ven

thou

gh it doesn’t have a direct im

pact on po

verty it is

an im

portant too

l to mon

itor p

erform

ance and

progress

and to m

ake changes to achieve th

e desired result:

poverty alleviation. See narrativ

e for further

inform

ation.


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18. C

onsider p

roviding in

form

ation abou

t potentia

l job

markets fo

r the gradu

ates and

the current rate of

unem

ployment for th

eir p

rofessions.

19

. Provide add

ition

al in

form

ation on

how

the research

findings will be integrated in

to th

e project activities.

20

. Better e

xplain th

e ratio

nale fo

r having more Canadian than

Ghanaian students in

volved.

18. T

he B.Sc. Forest R

esou

rce Techn

olog

y degree will be

offered for the first tim

e through this project. A

stakeholder a

nalysis will be im

plem

ented and inpu

ts

will be incorporated. T

he stakeho

lders are as fo

llows:

government forestry officials, M

OFA

, private

organizatio

ns, N

GO’s, C

BO’s, and

academics.

19. B

aseline surveys and gend

er analysis have been

planned for the first y

ear in order that finding

s may be

incorporated in

to project activities. T

he re

sults from

faculty

thesis re

lated research will also be in

corporated

towards th

e latte

r part o

f the project.

20. N

ot app

licable as there are no

Canadian stud

ents

currently

invo

lved in

the project.

Su

stainability

21. B

e more explicit about the m

easures that will be taken to

ensure th

e sustainability of th

e project results and

of the

GIS labo

ratory when the project end

s.

21. In the Pe

rformance M

easurement F

ramew

ork table in

the PIP, in

come generatio

n has been listed as a

performance in

dicator a

t the com

mun

ity level as well as

for successful o

peratio

n of th

e GIS labo

ratory.

Therefore th

e generated income shou

ld sustain project

results and

the op

eration of th

e GIS labo

ratory. A

bu

siness plan will be developed in year 3

and

income

generatio

n po

tentials will be assessed to

ensure

sustainability.

Gender

equality

22. P

rovide add

ition

al in

form

ation on

the im

pact of c

hang

ing

agricultu

ral p

ractices fo

r wom

en.

23

. Revisit gender balance in

the project m

anagem

ent team.

24

. Incorpo

rate gender e

quality

targets for c

ommun

ities once

the ho

usehold surveys are completed.

22. Please re

fer to the Gender E

quality

Strategy (Page No.

23 in

the PIP)

23. This aspect has been taken into con

sideratio

n.

24. P

lease refer to the Gender E

quality

Strategy (Page No.

23 in

the PIP)

Env

iron

ment

25. A

dd in

form

ation abou

t how

env

iron

mental issues will be

addressed in th

e research and

develop

ment sub

-projects.

25. S

ix fa

culty

thesis re

search to

pics will add

ress various

environm

ental issues in th

e research and

develop

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26

. Consider including dem

onstratio

n sites, especially

in view

of th

e existin

g environm

ental d

egradatio

n.

sub-projects. P

lease refer to narrative section in th

e PIP.

26. T

his will be carried ou

t during the course of the project.

Bud

get

27. P

rovide a ra

tionale and

detailed inform

ation for: The

project adv

isor consulta

nt and

his re

lativ

ely high daily

remun

eration rate; the ro

le and

num

ber o

f con

sulta

nts; th

e cost of renovations; the average salary rate used for

calculating Canadian person

nel exp

enses; th

e cost of

equipm

ent.

28. Include th

e cost of translatin

g the materials, as needed.

29

. Take inflation into con

sideratio

n.

27. This is add

ressed in

the PIP. The ra

tionale was

explained to CID

A and

a new

rate was negotiated

which, is re

flected in th

e current b

udget.

28. This has been don

e.

29. T

his was taken into con

sideratio

n in th

e bu

dget.



2. Project Design

2.1. Context and Rationale Livelihoods in the resource-poor regions of central and northern Ghana are characterized by poverty, chronic food insecurity, and poor health and nutrition. Increasing degradation of the natural resource base relied upon by rural communities is a major contributor to a persistently low quality of life. Most rural families depend on subsistence agriculture; however, the increasing damage to the natural environment from farming in marginal lands and from bushfires has led to soil degradation, loss of biodiversity and reduced or contaminated water resources resulting in famine and out-migration.

Agroforestry is a recognized strategy for addressing sustainable management and development of the natural-resource base of rural communities. Agroforestry can be defined as the planned, systematic and deliberate integration of multi-purpose (food, fodder, fuelwood, soil reclamation, timber) trees and shrubs into agricultural systems (including crops and/or animals) so that multiple benefits (environmental: impacts on soil, water and air; ecological: impacts on biodiversity, micro and macro faunal diversity, nutrient cycling; economic: income security; and social: food security, family and community health, enhancement of self esteem, especially among women and youth), can be derived in a sustainable manner from the same unit of land area. Agroforestry land-use technologies have been identified in the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS) as one of the key aspects promoting environmental sustainable cropping practices. The GPRS is the Government of Ghana’s (GoG) compilation of policies, strategies, programs and projects to support growth and poverty reduction. The GoG aims to create wealth by transforming the nature of the economy to achieve growth, accelerated poverty reduction, the protection of the vulnerable and excluded within a decentralized, democratic environment. Most relevant to this submission is the focus on increasing production and promoting sustainable livelihoods. Given that 70% Ghana’s population is engaged in agriculture, the sustainable development and management of the natural resource base that supports agricultural production is vital. The GPRS notes the importance of a) addressing both agriculture and natural resource management for improved human welfare and poverty reduction and b) increasing community and farmer adoption of improved land and water management techniques. Elements of the earlier Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Development Strategy (AAGDS) considered consistent with the GPRS have been adopted as part of the current agricultural thrust. Ghana’s Vision 2020, under the AAGDS, is that agriculture will ensure food security and adequate nutrition for all Ghanaians. Also noted is the greater linkage of agricultural growth (versus urban growth) to poverty reduction. The Ghana Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) has articulated the Food and Agriculture Sector Development Policy (FASDEP) in response to the need for agriculture to drive income generation and poverty reduction in the rural population. FASDEP is currently being re-formulated by MOFA. The extent to which both the GPRS and the agricultural sector strategies are truly pro-poor has been questioned; however the GPRS is consistent with several of Canada’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) priorities, especially that of facilitating rural economic growth (Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy, 2003). A pro-poor stance can be ensured through participatory approaches that are inclusive of the most vulnerable and that develop local capacity. The intended project focus on agroforestry for enhancing resource-poor livelihoods is relevant in several ways to Canada’s ODA priorities and CIDA’s Social Development programming priorities, including Agency Action Plans. In harmony with the GPRS, the principal priority is poverty reduction, which is a



pre-requisite for attainment of basic human needs. Meeting individual basic human needs is the foundation of social development. The linkage between agricultural growth and poverty reduction is highlighted in CIDA’s recent agricultural and rural development policy (Promoting Sustainable Rural Development Through Agriculture: Canada Making a Difference in the World, CIDA, 2003). It is widely recognized that a change in agricultural productivity can lead to a reduction in the incidence of rural poverty (e.g. Thirtle et al., 2001; Lin et al., 2001). While it is somewhat less clear that increased agricultural productivity leads to improved food security (nutritional status is the only true outcome indicator of food security, and the correlation between increased food production and nutritional status is poor, e.g. Hoddinott, 1999), a reduction in poverty offers a farm family choice in the use of its financial resources; in this sense, there is a potential link to food security (the secondary project priority). Food security is also of critical concern in households inflicted with HIV/AIDS, in particular where women bear the main burden of the disease and care-giving; agroforestry products reduce the vulnerability of such households, particularly through micronutrient security, but also in access to household inputs which would require significant energy expenditures (e.g. firewood). It is also widely understood that women are highly knowledgeable about agriculture given that they are the majority producers, processors and sellers of food, and thus the principal contributors to agricultural income generation, family nutrition and health security, and child education. Agroforestry technologies have been shown to fit women’s knowledge, practices and needs, although the gender context is less in regard to the availability of technology, and more one of access to the resources (land, labour and capital) which would permit its use (Rocheleau and Edmunds, 1997; Hambly, 2002). Agroforestry for poverty reduction requires that gender be explicitly mainstreamed in order to achieve the project goal; inclusion of the most vulnerable e.g. the HIV/AIDS afflicted, but also the extremely poor, for whom poverty reduction will be most felt, requires that approaches be non-exclusive. This is especially important where such people cannot be targeted; in the case of HIV/AIDS, for example, cultural stigma lead to a condition of silence. Agroforestry technologies are perhaps the most important pathways to sustainability under tropical savannah, where deforestation, land degradation and desertification are advancing at a rapid rate. Conservation of the remaining resource is absolutely essential for continued agricultural production; increased productivity will depend on its enhancement. Environmental conservation is a priority and a prerequisite for project success. In the current Ghanaian context, the frequency of repeat bushfires is probably the main constraint, followed by forest extraction. The project encapsulates the first in a tertiary indicator, to separate it from the primary (poverty) and secondary (food security) indicators. The GPRS includes an ambitious target of a 10% reduction (by 2005) in loss of forests through fire, logging, fuel-wood extraction and encroachment, but does not cross-reference this to a Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target (e.g. MDG targets nos. 25-27).

2.1.1 The Communities The three communities with which the project will work are located near the borders of the Tain II Forest Reserve, a government gazetted forest reserve that is currently part of the implementation of a government forest rehabilitation plan, based on the active participation of the communities. This Presidential Special Planning Initiative (PSI) policy involves a modified ‘taungya’ system of forest co-management and development of viable non-timber forest products to support resource-poor communities. The farming communities, apart from benefiting from the food crops planted in the rehabilitation areas also have a share in the tree crops they assist in developing. Community selection originally began in 2003, during early planning discussions between the project partners. Four criteria were originally used to select the communities:



1. Proximity: to the Tain II Forest Reserve, which according to the national timber inventory (2002) is the largest area of forest reserve and the most degraded reserve in the Brong-Ahafo Region. Proximity to CRNR was also important because the college is established on land belonging to the three communities. The communities actually feel that they “own” the “forestry school”, as it is referred to locally.

2. Farming as the major occupation: The majority of the people within the selected communities are farmers and they will benefit from improved natural resource management through agroforestry. Communities to the east of the college are engaged less in farming and more in brick making and pottery due to natural clay deposits. Communities further west of the selected communities are involved in quarrying due to stone deposits.

3. Degree of Forest/Environmental Degradation: The Tain II Forest Reserve has been severely degraded due to annual bush/forest fires, overexploitation of timber and non-timber forest products as well as unsustainable farming practices that have increased soil erosion. The project area falls within the Forest-Savannah Transitional Zone. During field visits to the selected communities by the project team in January 2005, residents reported a reduction in bushfires in 2003-04; however, this requires verification, and, if proven, requires concerted effort to maintain a fragile situation. The involvement of the local women and men in environmental protection and rehabilitation is essential to ensure sustainable and equitable use of the natural resources.

4. Population pressure on natural resource base: In Sunyani District, the vast majority (62.5%) of the population are 0 to 29 years of age (48% males and 52% females). Priority communities are those in which intensive agroforestry would address the constraints of reduced land availability, soil infertility and the need for opportunities for male and female youth who as school-leavers lack training and employment.

2.1.2. Selected Community 1: Ayakomaso The farthest of the three selected communities is 10 km from CRNR and the nearest to the Tain II forest reserve. It has a population of 300 and is represented by one Assemblyman at the Sunyani Municipal Assembly. The community governance structure is headed by a chief, five elders, a women’s leader and her assistant who are also the certified traditional birth attendants in the community. There is a primary school in the community but no secondary school or clinic. Piped water is intermittent. Electricity is available. It is estimated that 90% of the community are subsistence food crop farmers. The principal crops are okra, garden-eggs (eggplant), pepper, tomatoes, maize, cassava and plantain. Most of the food crops are for household use but when possible, farmers market surplus in Sunyani City on market days.

2.1.3. Selected Community 2: Dumasua Located 7 km from CRNR and 9 km from the Tain II Forest Reserve, Dumasua has a population of 600. It has two Assemblymen at the Sunyani Municipal Assembly. A small number (5%) of people in the community work in the civil service in the village or in Sunyani (teachers, local government); however, the majority of people are farmers. The principal crops are maize, plantain, cassava and vegetables. There is a Primary and Junior Secondary School in Dumasua. There is pipe-borne water and electricity from the national grid system. There is no health facility. There are youth groups in the community who undertake self-help projects and clean-up activities in the village, thus enhancing self-esteem.



2.1.4. Selected Community 3: Fiapre Fiapre is the closest community to CRNR (3 km), and the largest and most developed of the three communities. The population is 2,500 people, half of which are farmers. It has one Assemblyman at the Sunyani Municipal Assembly. The remaining population is employed as either petty traders or government employees in the city of Sunyani. There are four Junior Secondary Schools and a Senior Secondary School in the community. A private Catholic University is also located at Fiapre. The local traditional government structure is headed by a chief and assisted by 7 elders and several women leaders.

2.1.5. Community Involvement in Project Development The selected communities have already demonstrated their interest in improved NRM. In 1998, the communities proposed to the Municipal Assembly and the “forestry school” a plan to establish tree plantations and support field practices in plantation establishments; 102 female and 93 male farmers were involved in this tree-planting co-management initiative. While there has not yet been an opportunity to promote multi-purpose systems of co-managed forestry such as agroforestry within the communities, discussions with the communities in January 2005, indicated an interest in agroforestry in order to produce diverse forest products for household use and market sale. The communities will be full partners in the project and concerted efforts will be made to strengthen community outreach and capacity development of local institutions such as women’s self-help groups, rural radio stations and local, small-scale enterprises. The sub-project mechanism will forge direct community partnerships, viewed by the main institutional partners as the means to effect local and sustainable ownership of process and results.


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DE PLANIF

ICATIO

N DES PROGRAMMES-PROJE

TS DE LA DGPC / CPB PROGRAM-PROJE

CT PLANNIN

G SHEET

(Cadre de rendem

ent d

e planification GR / RBM Perform

ance Framew

ork Planning Sheet)

Titre du pr

ogramme-pr

ojet / Program

-Project Title:

No d

u pr

ogramme-pr

ojet / Program

-Project #:

Partena

ire DGPC / CPB Partner:

Direction

et d

ivision / D

ivision & Section

:

Agent de l'A

CDI / C

IDA O

fficer:

Tab

le 2 Log

ical Framew

ork Ana

lysis

DÉBUT / ST

ART: F

ebru

ary 1, 200

6 FIN

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ry 31, 201

1

PRIO

RIT

ÉS / P

RIO

RIT

IES:

Cod

e-60

1: Environ

mental con

servation (25%

), Cod

e-10

4:Fo

od and

nutritio

n(25%),

Cod

e-30

2:Building institu

tional and

hum

an

capacity (2

0%),

Cod

e-20

2: Gender e

quality

(20%

),

Cod

e-50

2:Capacity

,skills,and

productivity

enhancem

ent (10%)

RÉSU

LTAT(S) D

.G. / BRANCH RESU

LT(S):

Poverty redu

ction (35%

), Capacity

develop

ment

(20%

), Gender e

quality

(15%

), Fo

od security

(30%

)

PAYS / C

OUNTRY(IES): G

hana

$ 43

6,76

0 (D

CETO)

Bud

get total / Total Bud

get: $ 4,364

,260

Con

tribution de

l'ACDI / C

IDA Con

tribution: $ 3,000

,000

OBJE

CTIF

S / O

BJE

CTIV

ES:

To strengthen KNUST

in th

e deliv

ery of agroforestry

(AF) approaches to sustainable NRM

BUT(S) / G

OAL(S):

To enhance liv

elihoo

ds fo

r men, w

omen and

child

ren in re

source-poo

r com

mun

ities in

Ghana

ACTIV

ITÉS / A

CTIV

ITIE

S EXTRANTS / O

UTPUTS

EFFETS / O

UTCOMES

IMPACT(S)

1.

Supp

ort to Com

mun

ity Agroforestry

a. C

ondu

ct baseline survey

b. C

ondu

ct gender a

nalysis

c. C

ommun

ity outreach by eight (8

) workshops, agroforestry club

, rural

radio broadcasts, brochures, p

osters,

flyers and

school p

lays

d. G

IS analysis

1.

Improved Agroforestry in th

ree

Com

mun

ities

a.

Com

prehensive socio-economic and

biop

hysical assessm

ent com

pleted and

results in

corporated in

to th

e im

plem

entatio

n plan.

b. G

ender a

ction plan developed in

order to

provide equal access for m

en, w

omen and

youth

c. C

ommun

ity awareness (m

en, w

omen, you

th)

of agroforestry enhanced and

com

mun

ity

Enh

anced income in th

e target com

mun

ities th

rough

enhanced Agroforestry Sy

stem

s KNUST

as the centre of e

xcellence in west A

frica

deliv

ering AF techno

logies

National A

F polic

y revitalized and

strengthen

Enh

anced liv

elihoo

ds fo

r resou

rce-po

or m

en,

wom

en and

you

th in

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e. E

stablish Nurseries in

three (3)

commun

ities

f. Com

mun

ity Training in

Agroforestry technologies and

bu

shfire m

anagem

ent

g. Y

outh Leadership Training

2.

Com

mun

ity training fo

r incom

e generatio

n

a. M

icroliv

estock and

small rum

inant

b. S

hort ro

tatio

n woody crop (SRWC)

establishm

ent

c. P

ost-harvest technologies

implem

entatio

n

3.

Strengthening Capacity

of K

NUST

a. G

IS capacity

enh

ancement (Lab

establishm

ent), G

IS curriculum

developm

ent, 10

GIS workshops

cond

ucted

4.

KNUST

Faculty develop

ment

data collected and

results in

corporated in

to

the im

plem

entatio

n plan

d. G

IS natural re

source database of th

e three

commun

ities com

pleted and an integral land-

use managem

ent p

lan developed

e.

Three dem

onstratio

n nurseries prod

ucing and

distribu

ting 20

0,00

0 seedlings per year a

nd

planted in

the respectiv

e commun

ities

f.

Men, w

omen and you

th trained in

intercropping, silv

opastoral p

ractices,

bushfire m

anagem

ent, and using skills in

their respective commun

ities.

g.

You

th (m

ale and female) trained actin

g as

agroforestry leaders in th

eir respective

commun

ities.

2.

Skill enhancement for in

come generatio

n a.

Men wom

en and

you

th trained in

microliv

estock eg. ra

bbits, snails,

grasscutters and

bees etc.

b. F

uelw

ood and charcoal produ

ction in th

e target com

mun

ities in

volving men, w

omen

and youth

c.

Post-harvest technologies established in

target com

mun

ities and m

ade op

erational

with

skille

d men, w

omen and

you

th.


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a. 6

faculty

training

b. 5

technicians training

c. S

hort-term re

fresher training of

KNUST

faculty

d. Internatio

nal conference attend

ance

and participation

e. C

urriculum re

view

– B.Sc. fo

rest

resource technology

5.

KNUST

Soil L

aboratory and Library

enhancem

ent

a. P

urchase and installatio

n of soil lab

equipm

ent and

4 training workshops

on soil and

plant analyses

b. P

urchase of boo

ks and subscription

of jo

urnals fo

r library

6.

Polic

y dialogue

a. D

iscuss existing agroforestry policy

with

senior g

overnm

ent at the

natio

nal and district level

b. F

ormulate AF strategies fo

r the

district

c. A

wareness build

ing of AF po

licy at

the commun

ity level

3.

Strengthened Capacity

of K

NUST

a.

Labs established, GIS equ

ipment installe

d,

curriculum

develop

ed and

peer reviewed, 10

workshops condu

cted fo

r KNUST

staff ,

NGOs, CBOs, and

MDAs

4.

KNUST

faculty

edu

cated (at least 50%

wom

en)

a.

Six (6

) Faculty trained at gradu

ate level in

agroforestry, soil-p

lant re

latio

ns, taxon

omy,

range-mangement, plant b

reeding and

genetic

s b.

Techn

icians (5

0% wom

en) trained in

plant

taxo

nomy, plant protection, plant breeding

and genetic

s, ra

nge managem

ent and

soil-

plant relations and

GIS

c.

KNUST

faculty

trained in Son

ghai Benin:

administrative managem

ent u

pgrade training,

commun

ity develop

ment training, RBM and

prop

osal writin

g etc.

d.

Five faculty

(50%

wom

en) a

ttend

world

agroforestry con

ference 2009

e.

Com

mittee fo

rmed and

curriculum re

view

ed

5.

KNUST

Soil L

aboratory and Library

enhanced

a.

Soil laboratory installed and training

cond

ucted (consideratio

n will be given to

train at least 5

0% wom

en)


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` b. P

urchased boo

ks and

sub

scriptions

6.

Polic

y dialogue com

pleted

a.

Increased awareness of national agroforestry

with

senior g

overnm

ent at the national and

district level

b. A

F strategies fo

rmulated at the district level

c. Increased awareness of AF po

licy at th

e commun

ity level

INDIC

ATEURS DE RENDEMENT / PERFORMANCE INDIC

ATORS

1.a.

baseline survey com

pleted and

distributed

b.

gender a

ction plan applie

d c.

Num

ber o

f men, w

omen and

you

th trained

and practic

ing Agroforestry

d. D

atabase completed and

actively used by

project team

e. Num

ber o

f trees produced and planted per

year; survival rate

f. Num

ber o

f men, w

omen and

you

th trained

and practic

ing silvop

astoral p

ractices,

bushfire m

anagem

ent, and using skills

g. N

umber o

f active youth (M

FY) leaders in

respectiv

e commun

ities

2.a.b.c.

Num

ber o

f MFY

raising liv

estock and

prod

ucing charcoal and applie

d po

st

technologies in

an environm

ental respo

nsible R

elative change in

mens’, w

omens’ and

you

ths’

income betw

een AF adopters and non

-adopters

Perceived contributio

n of AF to in

dividual, hou

seho

ld

and commun

ity social capita

l Num

ber o

f internatio

nal/n

ational g

radu

ate and

undergraduate stud

ent enrollm

ents

Num

ber o

f research prod

ucts eg pu

blications, thesis

etc.

Governm

ent actions to

implem

ent n

ational

agroforestry policy

A significant re

duction in th

e proportio

n of th

e po

pulatio

n who

live on less th

an $1 a day

A significant in

crease in

environ

mental

sustainability for livelihoods as measured by a

decrease in

bush-fire in

cidence


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3.a.

Num

ber o

f trained in

dividuals/organizatio

ns

(CBO/N

GO) u

sing GIS databases, N

umbers

of students/faculty

using GIS laboratory

4.a.

Num

ber faculty trained (M

.Sc./Ph.D.) and

hired by KNUST

b.

At least 5 KNUST

technicians trained and

working with

faculty

in AF research

c. Num

ber o

f faculty

trained in short term

refresher c

ourses

d. N

umber faculty atte

nded world agroforestry

conference 2009

e. Peer review re

port

5.a.

Num

ber o

f equipment established and

Num

ber o

f workshops com

pleted.

b.

Num

ber o

f boo

ks purchased and

num

ber o

f subscriptio

ns fo

r journals

6.a.

National A

F polic

y prom

ulgated by

Parliament

b.

District and

local authoritie

s use natio

nal A

F po

licy as guidelin

es in

their p

lanning

processes

c. Increased demands from

the commun

ity level

to th

e district level

PORTÉE / REACH

1.

20

or m

ore certified agroforestry practitioners (50%

female) gradu

ated by end of year 5

(4-year B

.Tech. program

). 2.

Close to

900 com

mun

ity m

embers trained in agroforestry techno

logies (a

t least 50%

wom

en).

3. Six new fa

culty

(50%

female) trained and hired by Faculty of F

orest R

esou

rce Techn

ology (FFR

T).


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4. 5 technicians trained in soil analytic

al and GIS techniques.

RISQUES ET H

YPOTHÈSE

S / R

ISKS & ASS

UMPTIO

NS

a. KNUST

’s does no

t have the resources to hire the faculty

trained by

the project (risk of this happ

ening: lo

w)

b. Local com

mun

ity is not com

mitted to

the project (risk: m

edium)

c. Major disaster b

ushfire occurs (risk: m

edium)

d. Main po

licy elem

ents of G

PRS change significantly (risk: lo

w)

e. FR

NR does no

t integrate th

e developm

ent strategies (risk: lo

w)

For m

ore detaile

d explanations of the ra

tionale behind these risk designatio

ns see 2.5 Risk Strategy

sectio

n.



2.3. Reach and Beneficiaries

2.3.1 Project Impacts on Millennium Development Goals Canada and Ghana are signatories to the MDGs. As noted, some, although not all, GPRS indicators are linked to the MDGs, which are the overarching performance targets of all development programming. All project results will work towards achievement of the GPRS-linked MDG No.1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. The project is expected to run from 2006-2011; MDG No.1 is timebound – the 2015 target is: Halve the proportion of people living on less than a dollar a day and those who suffer from hunger. In its target communities the project would expect to approach, but hope to exceed, the 2015 target, which is sub-divided into three poverty indicators: a) proportion of population who live on less than $1/day; b) poverty gap ratio (incidence x depth of poverty); and c) share of poorest quintile in national consumption and two hunger indicators i) prevalence of underweight children; and ii) proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption. A priority focus on poverty reduction precludes addressing the full MDG No.1, although it may be questioned whether it is truly possible to separate poverty alleviation and food security within the context of practical medium-term results. However, the MDG identification of hunger as the food-related sub-target quite clearly puts the emphasis on food utilization or consumption as the principal focus of sub-target outcome. As noted above, increased agricultural productivity does not automatically reduce food insecurity, and therefore a focus on poverty-related productivity will not guarantee a solution to hunger as measured by these indicators. However, a secondary project focus on food security will examine how agroforestry solutions to poverty concurrently bring increased food security (precisely because it is important to address the position of food security within the hierarchical logic of development outcomes). Food security clearly relates to food, whereas poverty alleviation relates to income. Yet the access pillar of food security quite clearly also relates to income available for food expenditures. The two other pillars, availability and utilization, also relate to financial resources, although perhaps not quite so directly. The project’s secondary emphasis on the three pillars of food security: availability, access and utilization, is in keeping with CIDA’s longer-term Food Security Strategy for the North of Ghana. CIDA Ghana Program discussions have also noted that food availability and access do not guarantee food security as measured by the outcome indicator of utilization. For this reason the project proponents prefer to consider improved food availability and access as greater expressions of alleviated poverty than of food security, although they would equally respond to the broader goals of Canada’s Action Plan for Food Security. However, the utilization pillar remains the most relevant to the HIV/AIDS afflicted, and the project will include the MDG No.1 hunger indicators in its performance measurement framework (PMF) as its means of assessing the likelihood that it reached this vulnerable group. Sex-disaggregated data will be collected to analyze gender issues implicit in these indicators.

2.3.2 Project Description and Results Chain Responding to the GPRS, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi wishes to enhance its capacity to address the root causes and outcomes of poor natural resource management (NRM). The overall project goal is “to enhance livelihoods of the resource-poor”. Key project results will fall into four categories: a) for the resource poor: demonstrated improvements in income generation and food security from sustainable NRM, b) for KNUST: strengthening its vision of



becoming West Africa’s centre of excellence in agroforestry by providing solutions to sustainable NRM, income generation and food security, with a satellite faculty having increased capacity for teaching and applying agroforestry strategies for multiple-purpose livelihood strategies, c) for young Ghanaian professionals: training for men and women as agroforestry technologists for entry-level careers in public and private sector agencies, and d) for Ghana: through policies developed and enhanced during the project.

2.3.2.1. Results for the Resource-Poor Through participatory methods, KNUST will foster agroforestry to develop increasingly sustainable and equitable NRM: a) specific short-to-medium term approaches which respond to family requirements for food and immediate income generation, and b) longer-term strategies which respond to community social and economic development. Issues such as traditional authority, land tenure, lack of access to markets, HIV/AIDS and gender issues, all constrain simple solutions. As natural resource-based populations are increasing, land-use relationships are becoming increasingly complex. While some state forestland is being devolved to communities, the sustainable management of this land is of increasing concern. The project will work actively to develop participatory agroforestry-based NRM, which will provide modest and integrated solutions to income generation and NRM. The initial designated baseline surveys will identify the extent to which communities as a whole, and the most vulnerable groups among them, lie from the MDG target. The project will work with community leaders, other representatives and resource-poor men and women to identify and implement the strategies most suited to their conditions. The specific implementation mechanism the project partners have chosen will allow community-led initiatives that focus on value-addition and marketing. All improved NRM will be valued according to its explicit contribution to near-to-medium term family income. The project will work with three communities: Ayakomaso, Dumasua and Fiapre, located 10 km, 7km and 3km, respectively, from the College of Renewable and Natural Resources (CRNR, is located in Sunyani city, the capital of Brong-Ahafo Region; CRNR is now the satellite Faculty of Forest Resource Technologies (FFRT) of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, KNUST). (See section 2.1.1) During the design mission, the project team met with the Sunyani Municipal Assembly, traditional leaders and the people of each community in separate plenary sessions, where issues of natural-resource management and livelihoods were explored.

2.3.2.2. Results for KNUST KNUST has requested partnership with the University of Guelph. Both the IRNR (now the Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources (FRNR)) and CRNR (now FFRT) were partners in a previous Tier-1 project, Initiatives for Conservation in Northern Communities: Entrepreneurship Resources and Training (IN CONCERT); Guelph was a minor partner providing agroforestry training. Through this experience, KNUST viewed an enhanced linkage with Guelph as the means to achieve capacity development in core disciplines related to agroforestry. FRNR, Ghana’s main teaching and research institution in the field of NRM, works with nearby peri-urban communities; FFRT, a hands-on community college, is in close contact with its client forest-fringe communities. FFRT presently conducts “agroforestry practices” workshops for farmers, but lacks the capacity to address sustainable livelihoods approaches. Guelph will provide key training and backstopping in this area. FFRT will also be partnered with Ridgetown



College, (a former UG community college, now Ridgetown campus, UG). Other African institutions (e.g. World Agroforestry Centre [WAFC]), as minor partners, may provide short-term technical training for KNUST staff. FRNR will specifically investigate the potential for in-service training involving WAFC, and how to strengthen its regional institutional and network agroforestry links. The project will enable KNUST to develop FFRT fully as a satellite faculty delivering a B.Tech. program; FRNR will train six FFRT staff to the graduate level. Currently the female to male ratio of faculty is quite low in both FFRT and FRNR and substantial efforts will be made to mainstream gender considerations in the human resource development of the institutions. FRNR has a vision of becoming the West African Centre of Excellence in Agroforestry Research and Development. A strategic plan will be developed to support FRNR achieve this vision. FRNR will receive short-term staff training in Canada and intensive short-course training in Ghana. Core analytical capacity (enhancement of laboratory analytical services) will be upgraded. Curricula for continuing and distance education competency will be developed in partnership with the new Faculty of Distance Education at KNUST and drawing on expertise in Guelph’s Office of Open Learning and Rural Extension Studies. Ghanaian and Canadian students will undertake thesis research in Ghanaian communities. The project will actively seek collaboration with other African institutions for short-term staff attachments with the aim of developing specific knowledge, skills and attitudes for outreach, including attention to training of agricultural extension workers, community leaders, assistance to local schools and farmer communication using appropriate media such as on-farm discussions, radio and graphics/print (how-to manuals).

2.3.2.3. Results for Young Ghanaian Professionals The establishment of the B.Tech. in agroforestry is intended to enhance employment opportunities for young male and female professionals, by providing a more practically-oriented education than the B.Sc. program at FRNR. Graduate employment opportunities would include the following areas: a) plantation development, b) urban forestry, c) environmental management and fire management, d) forest recreation, e) milling technology, f) reclamation and rehabilitation of derelict lands, and g) agroforestry extension. The main agencies for employment would include investors in forest plantations, Government Ministries (Food and Agriculture, Lands and Forestry, EPA, etc.), academic institutions (Universities, Training Colleges etc.), research institutions, local government agencies (District, Municipal and Metropolitan Assemblies), and the tourist, timber and mining industries. The scale of environmental degradation throughout Ghana is such that practical specialized skills should be in increasing in demand throughout at least the next decade. The probable establishment of carbon-credit trading mechanisms will increase demand broadly for B.Tech. skills. B.Tech. graduates are likely to be more attractive to certain employers than less practically trained B.Sc. graduates.

2.3.2.4 Results for Ghana Ghana sees the rural environment as the means of economic transformation for the majority of its population. Yet the rural environment continues to come under the increasing pressures of population growth and environmental degradation. While it is generally understood that the root causes of environmental degradation stem from poverty, there have been few solutions to localized rural poverty. It has been proven very difficult to implement measures that will stem, let alone reverse, the destructive effects of poor NRM. The scale of the annual bushfire phenomena is testament to the challenge.



The practical results delivered by the project, for the resource-poor, will enable local policy makers and other stakeholders to derive policy strategies that are results-based. The transfer of decision-support mechanisms within the district will be ensured through project outreach and by collaborating with the Sunyani District Assembly and its other Area Councils/communities. That process will begin in Year 3 of the project, when a designated sub-project, incorporating a policy-maker and district development official, will support assembly-persons in extending the mechanisms to their constituencies, ensuring the broadest possible involvement of the community and its diverse socio-economic groups. These processes will, in turn, inform regional and national policy fora. The project will investigate how the currently inert National Agroforestry Policy Framework could be revitalized, using lessons learned from the project. The project will champion the strengthening of this policy, especially through outreach to national-level policymakers who will have input to successive iterations of the GPRS. The goal will be to achieve national recognition of the policy; results will be measured in terms of the increasing recognition of agroforestry as a core poverty-reduction strategy, translated into institutional action plans and innovative partnerships with resource-poor land users.

2.4. Cross Cutting Directives All sub-projects will be viewed through several cross-cutting directives (see Figure 1). Capacity enhancement sub-projects will include emphasis on increasing capacity in one or more of these areas. Designated projects will be reviewed or evaluated on their application to, or addressing of, these areas in pursuing their objectives.

2.4.1. Gender Analysis It is widely recognized that rural development policies and projects affect categories of women and men differently. Gender analysis provides the concepts and frameworks for assessing the socio-economic and cultural basis of gender disparities in agroforestry and for planning more effective interventions that meet the needs of resource-poor women and men. The intersection of gender and agroforestry recognizes that there is potential gender conflict over land and tree use rights, obligations and contingent resources, e.g. water, which must be addressed in community land use planning, farm management, agroforestry product contracts and market development and knowledge exchange and outreach. When progress towards equality between women and men is uneven it is important to recognize that initiatives to address the gender imbalance in access to and control over resources can also create a backlash against gender equality. It is the intention of this project to mainstream the analysis of gender and not women, per se. It is widely acknowledged in Ghana that women perform 80% of agricultural activities but their relationships are with men who are responsible for critical tasks such as negotiating land tenure and clearing land. The risk of bushfire is high at the land preparation stage. Men, as well as women, must therefore be engaged in project activities. It is, however, women who control the involvement of children, especially girls, whose unpaid labour supports the agroforestry system. The critique of unitary household models in the African socio-cultural context is well-established. The project will address this by designating a sub-project to obtain baseline data on households in the selected communities. Gender analysis will be mainstreamed in each designated sub-project to take into



account the negotiation of household resources (land, labour and capital), the potential for capital accumulation and the gender distribution of benefits in the agroforestry system. In the project communities in Sunyani, it is the case that economic conditions and environmental disasters often have more detrimental impacts on women than men (Sunyani District Assembly, 2002). Women’s poverty and lack of education are known to have negative impacts on the health, nutrition and education of children. Women are responsible for household food security which requires access to water and firewood. In contexts such as Sunyani where waged work is scarce, reductions in the gender gap in primary education and extension services increases productivity. This finding is recognized in the MDGs which emphasize gender equality and empowerment of women and girls, in particular through education. This includes formal and non-formal educational opportunities in schools and other knowledge-based outreach activities. The subprojects present an opportunity to explore the complex relations between males and females in households, communities and wider society and their implications for agroforestry including attention to: a) Different roles, work and valuing of work which create differential or gendered access to

resources, decision-making and benefits. b) Different valuing of work and access which support existing power relations which reinforce

gender roles, including contract farming which introduces women to new technologies and skills and concurrently provides women with opportunities to contest the appropriation of their unpaid labour.

c) The possibility of resistance to change in gender roles and relations (even among women themselves).

d) Sustainable livelihood options for different groups of women and men along the entire chain of agroforestry production, processing and marketing.

2.4.2 Gender Equality Strategy Introduction The “APEL” Gender Strategy outlines the roles, responsibilities and available resources to ensure that gender analysis and gender responsive policy-making are mainstreamed into all aspects of project management and execution. The APEL Gender Strategy will be further developed, and monitored with the participation of the communities and focused with the input from the socio-economic and biophysical survey of the first year. In addition specific activities such as the gender action planning will provide more detailed information.

Terminology and Approach In this project the term gender will mean socially constructed roles of men and women. In accordance with CIDA’s Policy on Gender Equality it also includes the expectations held about the characteristics, aptitudes and likely behaviors of both men and women. In the Ghanaian context gender cuts across all social relations, which implicates age, ethnicity, position, wealth and education. This project will focus on the link between gender and natural resource management with emphasis on gender rights and obligations, access to and control of resources and benefits.



Strategy Goal The aim is to give equal opportunity women and vulnerable social groups through sustainable income generation activities thereby increasing food security and reducing poverty in their households and the community at large. Rationale Women as educators, producers and caretakers of their households play an integral role in approaches to food security and poverty reduction. The youth and other vulnerable groups also play important roles in food security and poverty reduction. Therefore efficient and effective sustainable management of natural resources to increase income and ensure food security will be elusive without the participation in decision-making by all social groups. Strategic Principles

1. Equity in the integration of men, women, youth and vulnerable groups into existing community structures and project management processes is necessary to ensure poverty alleviation.

2. Strengthening partnerships among all social groups is necessary to increase the well-being and quality of life for the resource poor women and other vulnerable groups.

3. Institutional capacity of partner institutions and links to government and civil society need to respond to gender equality objectives and strengthen the capacity for gender analysis.

4. Influencing policy change to support gender equity and allocation of resources and benefits for all.

Main Challenges

1. Implementing partners and participants need time and opportunities to share common understanding, values, and beliefs with regard to gender equality in order to manage conflicting interests.

2. Involvement of academics and externally funded development activities require sensitive approaches to the development of local ownership and sustainability of results.

3. Socio-cultural beliefs might hinder full participation of women and marginalized groups and needs time to be properly addressed.

Expected Results

1. Increased gender awareness and empowerment of women and vulnerable social groups and sustainable income generation activities.

2. Increased capacity of the community leaders to undertake participatory gender action planning. 3. A clear understanding among partners on gender strategy for the project and policy making. 4. Increased capacity among partner institutions to conduct gender analysis, socio-economic

assessment and gender mainstreaming in teaching, research and management.



Gender Mainstreaming and Outcomes The Gender Strategy has been developed based on initial consultations with the communities and partner institutions. The strategy will be further developed to respond to findings of the initial baseline data collection, stakeholder input and participatory gender action planning in the communities. 1-100 Poverty Alleviation in the Three Communities

• Collect and analyze sex disaggregated data in the socio-economic and biophysical in all assessments

• Facilitate community consultation involving all social groups and enable action gender planning and project implementation

• Develop and test gender analysis tools and train unit committees, students and staff in appropriate use of these tools

• Create a national gender and agroforestry network linking academics, government, media and civil society institutions

• Develop communication processes and materials that respond to the needs of women and vulnerable groups and provide voice for their knowledge and expertise

• Publish project material that reflect gender awareness and promotes women and youth empowerment

• Create and strengthen knowledge base in gender and agroforestry in formal and non-formal education

• Integrate sex disaggregated data in GIS mapping and analysis • Ensure that species selection in nurseries and agroforestry systems reflect the priorities of women

and vulnerable social groups 1-200 Increase Community and Household Income Generation

• Incorporate equity and equality for women and vulnerable groups in training and projects on micro-livestock and small ruminant, short rotation woody crops, and post harvest technologies

2-100 GIS Capacity Enhancement

• Encourage female students contribute effectively to GIS laboratory work in GIS • Integrate gender analysis in GIS curriculum and workshops • In capacity building, ensure equity in the participation of females

2-200 Faculty Enhancement

• Ensure gender equity and equality in degree and short term training of faculty 2-300 Soil Laboratory Enhancement

• Encourage female students to contribute effectively in Soil laboratory work and show equity in training female staff in soil and plant analysis techniques



2-400 Library Enhancement

• Improved efficiency and equity in library services for all students and faculty • Make gender resources and tools available to all faculty and students

3-100 National Agroforestry Policy

• The new agroforestry policy should be sensitive to gender issues • Identify and use regional gender expertise and resources for policy development • Encourage government structures to promote agroforestry policies that empower women and

vulnerable social groups Responsibilities and Resources Project staff will be familiarized with the Gender Strategy to ensure that all Project staff understand the relevance and importance of gender equality issues to the success of the project, the principles of gender analysis, and how to incorporate gender issues into each aspect of the project. Gender equity in Project management roles, responsibilities and resource allocation will be encouraged. Constructive dialogue and communication about gender issues will be respected throughout the project. Performance Monitoring The gender responsiveness of the project will be monitored and reported annually. Assessing project progress will include the participation of the communities and partner institutions. The Gender Strategy will be updated annually and identified steps will be taken to sustain gender equity.

2.4.3. GIS Analysis A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer-based integrated tool kit used for the analysis of spatial and temporal data. GIS technology provides an ideal environment from which to describe, analyze, and model ecosystem processes and functions, including those of a social nature. Interactions and relationships among diverse ecosystem components across space and time can be explored and visualized using the analytical and visualization tools that GIS software provides. In this project, spread across three communities and six years, the need to assess the distribution of current resources (natural, social, economic) and the change affected by the project, can best be accomplished with GIS. Changes in the Forest Reserves can be followed throughout the project period and beyond. The use of maps to design and assess the use of firebreaks, to plan appropriate land uses based on physical attributes and to analyze the spatial distribution of resources and markets is effective and transcends language and educational experience. For example, yearly bush fires destroy forests, farms, threaten endangered species, injure people, and cause a great deal of property damage and economic loss. Understanding the dynamics of bush fires (location, direction, rate of spread, intensity, etc.) is essential for long-term wildfire management and effective suppression strategies. GIS analysis could also be invaluable for demonstrating the effect of modified land use practices on fire prone areas, to assess socio-economic impacts of improved agroforestry farming practices, and to



develop field-to-home and field-to-market strategies for farmers. GIS can also display and analyze aerial photos. Digital information can be overlaid on photographs to provide users with more familiar views of landscapes and associated data. Through the use of qualified, trained GIS technical support people, progress can be monitored and the results readily displayed through map and statistical output.

2.4.4. Policy Analysis Policy is the basis for creating enabling environments. While agroforestry is a recognized strategy for addressing NRM, the fact that the National Agroforestry Policy is stalled is evidence that contributing policy elements have not yet reached a critical mass. More practical, successful examples are needed to support recognition and implementation of the NAP. Much of this policy needs to be effective at district and sub-district levels, which requires that stakeholders at this level be involved in its creation and testing. Sub-projects will be expected to generate policy directions at sub-district, district, regional and/or national levels. A designated sub-project will already have examined the formal and informal policy opportunities and constraints which exist. Another year 3 designated sub-project (example elaborated above) will address multiplying community development policy outcomes. Policy results require that designated sub-projects include policy-makers as interlocutors in developing objectives; this is also relevant to many non-policy type proposals.

2.4.5. Outreach The outreach directive will prioritize four areas: a) continuing or in-service education for agricultural extension workers through workshops, distance education and extension material development, b) linkages with rural radio stations in Sunyani District and Brong-Ahafo Region, c) an agroforestry program for local primary and secondary schools and d) participatory communication and capacity development with self-help women’s and youth groups and their leaders. Sub-projects will be expected to target at least one of these outreach areas. Continuing or in-service education through workshops and distance education is necessary for agricultural extension agents (AEAs) who are the main contact persons for both farmers and researchers. The community farmers depend on these AEAs for information on improved farming methods and materials to increase the production of abundant and quality food. However, opportunities for education of the AEAs are not readily available and where available specially packaged extension materials on agroforestry are not available to which the AEAs can refer, or refer farmers to, at critical times in their work. This project intends to liaise with the KNUST Faculty of Distance Education, the Distance Education Program of the Ghana Ministry of Education, the Information Support Unit of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and specifically the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana and the Crops Research Institute, both of which are headquartered in Kumasi. This will ensure that the results of other research projects in Ghana are recognized and that results of the proposed project are shared in the effort to train and inform AEAs to improve their agroforestry extension to communities. In-service, distance/open learning is preferable because it does not move agents from their normal work schedules and KNUST does not yet have agroforestry education materials available on-line. Linkages between researchers, extension workers and radio broadcasters are important to building inclusive, two-way communication between farmers and scientists (Hambly Odame, 2003). Ghana has an average of 7.5 hours per week of development programming and has taken a leading role in sub-



Saharan Africa in radio broadcasting. Ghana has a strong community radio movement. There are eight community radio stations in the country, an estimated 40 commercial radio stations and centralized and decentralized stations operated by the federal Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC). Generally, radio station managers are willing to provide free air-time in return for development programming on topics of community interest such as agriculture and health. The project may also purchase air-time for crucial announcements for community participation. There are three commercial radio stations broadcasting from Sunyani in local vernacular. For demographic reasons, it is essential that within the selected communities, primary and secondary schools are reached through the strengthening of existing model school gardens and formation of “agroforestry clubs”. Learning materials, annual awards and inter-school competitions could be instituted to encourage and disseminate information within the selected communities and beyond. Proceeds from the sale of food crops from the demonstration gardens could be used to fund outreach programs after the project to ensure sustainability. Finally, outreach must support the capacity development of nascent women and youth groups in the selected communities. Two of the selected communities have both women’s and youth groups. The women’s groups are basically welfare groups for the communities engaged in collective work, loans for funerals, communal farm work and assisting pregnant women in delivery. Some women group leaders have been trained as traditional health and birth attendants. The two youth groups have as their objective to help individuals in times of bereavement and to undertake voluntary communal labour to clean up the community. These existing groups will be further strengthened by involving them in agroforestry research and development activities and encouraging on-going exchange of their experience within their own community and with other communities.

2.5. Risk Strategy

2.5.1. Key Risks and Mitigation a) Generation of project results depends principally on KNUST’s commitment to providing adequate Ghanaian resources to FRNR and FFRT, including staff positions. The KNUST Vice Chancellor has provided written assurance to Guelph that KNUST is fully supportive of the proposal, and that the six faculty for FFRT who will be trained at FRNR under the project will be employed at FFRT upon successful completion of their studies. The Vice Chancellor has further reconfirmed the KNUST in-kind commitment. Risk level is low. b) Community development poverty alleviation results depend on local commitment to project goal and strategies, including participatory design and implementation of designated sub-projects. The Municipal Chief Executive of the Sunyani Municipal Assembly (SMA) has provided written assurance that the SMA is in full support of the project, especially from the point of view of its value to the next iteration of its five-year development plan. Village chiefs and assembly persons attended plenary sessions during the design mission and the ensuing dialogues clarified objectives and approaches; expressions of support were provided. The village representatives also attended the project inception mission meeting and fully participated in the decision making process. The project will undertake stakeholder analyses to identify key actors. Project approaches will vest ownership of actions and results with the communities. A designated sub-project in year 3 will incorporate a policy-maker and district development official to reinforce development approaches and will involve assembly members to extend the mechanisms to other district constituencies. Poverty reduction livelihood results will require creation of or access to



markets; all income generating activities will include market assessments. Nevertheless, the project team recognizes that the challenges are significant; the risk level of achievement of the primary poverty alleviation objective is therefore medium. c) Agroforestry approaches to NRM livelihoods are environmentally risk-mitigating, as long as the technologies fit livelihood strategies (necessary for adoption). All technologies used in the project will be i) peer-reviewed through sub-project selection processes, and ii) evaluated through priority-setting procedures with community groups, especially in terms of susceptibility or resistance to bushfires. Only priority technologies will be used to ensure local ownership of strategies and renewable resources established. Risk of adoption of prioritized technologies is low-to-medium; due to exogenous influences on fire, risk level of achieving the tertiary objective of reduced bushfire incidence is medium. The project will take place in the context of a degraded natural environment under increasing stress. All agroforestry strategies will be environmentally enhancing, principally through increases in soil carbon and nitrogen and soil conservation. Increased tree cover will add to potential habitats for wild animals, birds and smaller animal and plant organisms, supporting overall biodiversity. The use of agroforestry-based livelihoods should provide an immediate rationale for communities to reduce the incidence and indiscriminate use of bush-fire. The project does not intend to undertake any physical works that might trigger the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA). d) The main policy elements of GPRS will not change significantly. GPRS has been mainstreamed within the Ghana policy framework for several years and significant progresses have been documented. The GPRS policy framework has also been well recognized by leading international donor agencies (World Bank). Therefore, the Ghana government’s commitment to GPRS will remain intact during the lifespan of this project thus the risk is low. e) FRNR will integrate research results in development strategies. Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources faculty members who are engaged in the management and implementation of project objectives have extensively participated in the planning and design phases and have provided their valuable inputs into the implementation plan. Their personal commitment coupled with historical and institutional commitment should facilitate the dissemination of developmental results. Risk level in integrating research results in development strategies is low.

2.6. Sustainability Strategy Sustainability in project results will depend on continued DCETO, district and community commitment to the directions established during the life of the project. DCETO sustainability of capacity enhancement is largely ensured by the MOU between KNUST and the Forestry Commission over the purpose for transfer of the CRNR (creation of FFRT), and base funding received from the Ministry of Education; FFRT will be on an equal footing with all KNUST faculties for base funding. KNUST has committed in writing to hiring the six graduates trained during the project. Analytical capacity at FRNR and FFRT is being enhanced at a scale commensurate with need, and within institutional capacity to maintain and operate; capital investments in equipment is conditional on existence of human resources capable of operating the said equipment, or evidence of a staffing and training plan for the same. The project will seek ongoing institutional commitment to such staffing in the post-project period. Sustainability in direct and multiplier effects of agroforestry will depend on the project having made significant advances in quality (including effectiveness) of policy at district, regional and national levels.



This drives the priority focus on policy in designated sub-projects, and the separate policy results in the RBM framework. Inclusion of the Sunyani Municipal Assembly in project activities will enhance policy successes at the district level, and sustainability in policy outcomes. Paramount to sustainability of project outcomes is demonstrated success of agroforestry interventions on poverty alleviation in the three target communities and others impacted by outreach. Participatory project approaches will work towards community ownership of strategies and interventions; outputs will belong to the communities. The project will minimize financial inputs to these strategies, i.e. only low cost strategies are likely to be sustainable. Equally, strategies will be assessed from a labour perspective – only low labour strategies are likely to be sustainable. This has direct implications for the most vulnerable, including the HIV/AIDS afflicted. The possibility that the proportion of HIV/AIDS afflicted may rise over time increases project responsibility towards sustainability. While research capacity, in a project context, is dependent on specialist skills, it is just as much a matter of ability to deliver developmentally-valid results within a short period. The sub-project mechanism will enhance the ability of proponents to contextualize research, and respond to demand-driven objectives. This is an experience which will endure beyond the project lifetime. Such reinforcement is a pre-requisite of KNUST’s vision of an Agroforestry Centre of Excellence. A project emphasis on analytical rigour will ensure that all sub-project design and results stand up to peer-review – quite apart from the development outcomes, the project team wishes to ensure that development and research undertaken and completed contributes significantly to the concept of a sustainable Centre of Excellence.

2.7. Partnership A productive and collaborative partnership has existed between the University of Guelph and Ghanaian educational institutions since 1970. From 1970 to 1979, under the CIDA-funded Ghana-Guelph Project, over 50 Ghanaian professionals were trained at Guelph to the M.Sc. or Ph.D. level in the fields of Agriculture, Home Science and Home Economics. Many of these Guelph-trained professionals currently hold top governmental and non-governmental positions in Ghana. This partnership continued during the previous Tier 1 project (Ghana-Canada IN-CONCERT, 1999 to 2004 - e.g. Isaac, 2003) in which Guelph was a minor partner and provided agroforestry training to the IRNR, KNUST, Kumasi, and CRNR, Sunyani. During the Tier 1 project, both IRNR and Guelph saw complementary skills which could be enhanced by direct institutional partnership. The proposed Ghanaian partners are also aware of Guelph’s international reputation in the field of agroforestry, where Guelph has made impacts in South America and Southeast Asia. In 1984, Guelph became the first Canadian University to establish an agroforestry research program. Through this program Guelph has trained professionals from more than 25 countries. Based upon this, the current Ghanaian partners expressed a strong interest in partnering with Guelph as their Canadian lead institution (CI) in this proposed project. The current proposed project concept was conceived by the Ghanaian partners. A concept proposal was submitted to Guelph in August 2003. Guelph provided $5,000 for the proposed Canadian Project Director and Project Manager to visit Ghana in March 2004 to review the proposal and develop it further in close consultation with both IRNR and CRNR. Dr. Neil Thomas, a UG adjunct professor and a development professional was in Ghana during that period, and joined the discussions. During the review, KNUST, IRNR and CRNR senior staff clarified their vision for capacity development at their respective levels. The Ghanaian partners provided in-kind contributions in terms of transportation, food and logistics during this visit. The result of this consultation was the LOI submitted to CIDA in August, 2004.



Subsequent to the success of the LOI, the University of Guelph provided an additional $15,000 towards full proposal development. During this phase, five Guelph staff visited Ghana between January 26 and February 5, 2005 to continue consultations with university, government and community partners. A reciprocal visit of four Ghanaian staff to Guelph, from Feb. 12 to 22, 2005 saw the expansion of the LOI to the full proposal. During the design process the partners addressed issues of broader stakeholdership. Consultations were held with the Sunyani Municipal Assembly (the district authority) and the three target communities. These entities are full partners in the development processes, and will be represented by a district assembly representative on the project advisory committee. District representatives fully understood the value to their constituency of enhanced GIS capacity in its land-use and district development planning (as expressed through a letter to the partners; letter on file). The FFRT (formerly CRNR) is well known to the communities, with which it currently works; communities have already requested increased services from FFRT. A stakeholder analysis at project inception will strengthen further partnerships with these and other entities with a stake in agroforestry solutions to NRM.

3. Project Management

3.1. Management Approach and Structure The project management structure is indicated in Figure 1. The Ghana Management Team comprises the Ghanaian Project Co-Director, the College Accountant and Theme Leaders in Capacity Enhancement and Community Development. Project Leaders, Facilitators and Researchers lead Capacity Enhancement, Designated Projects in the two theme areas, respectively. An Advisory Committee, Chaired by the Provost, and comprised of representatives from Ghanaian stakeholders (KNUST, District Assembly, Forestry Commission), advises the Ghana Management Team (primarily) and the Guelph Management Team (secondarily). A Guelph representative on the Advisory Committee facilitates information transfer in both directions. The Guelph Management Team comprises the Project Co-Director, who will report administratively to the UG Assoc. VP (Research and International Relations), the Project Manager and an Administration Team (see composition under Budget Note No. 1). Specific sub-project expertise in both Ghana and at Guelph is sourced for sub-projects as required, especially on gender mainstreaming. A Project Advisor, through the Performance Measurement Framework, advises on all aspects of Guelph RBM, interacts with the overall Advisory Committee and provides input into Guelph interaction with CIDA.

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3.2. Partner Roles and Responsibilities The Ghanaian Project Director will retain oversight of in-country implementation, but capacity-building and community development will each have a theme leader. Theme leaders will be identified at project inception, but it is entirely likely that the capacity development theme leader will be the Director, FFRT. Capacity-building sub-projects will have project leaders, development sub-projects will have facilitators, and research-for-development sub-projects will have principal investigators; these individuals will have responsibility for delivery of results by sub-project, and for reporting to their respective theme leader. The project will establish an internal Performance Measurement Framework which will be the basis for assessing a) project progress in achieving its purpose, and b) the measured and/or potential contribution of agroforestry solutions to goal-level MDGs. The PMF will expand on the RBM framework presented above, and will be detailed in the project implementation plan. The PMF will be developed at project inception. Guelph will use the services of an Adjunct Professor with wide development experience as its Project Advisor on Performance Measurement (PM). While reporting principally to Guelph, the Project Advisor’s reports will be submitted to the Advisory Committee and to CIDA. The Ghanaian Management Team will ensure that semi-annual and annual financial and narrative reports are produced in a timely fashion. The annual reports will be presented in draft to the AGM, for approval and/or amendment before submission to CIDA. Financial reports will meet Ghanaian, Guelph and CIDA required standards. The Ghanaian and Canadian Management Teams will meet once annually at an Annual General Meeting (AGM) to review progress to date and the subsequent year’s Program Of Work and Budget (POWB) prepared in advance by the Ghanaian Management Team. The annual meetings will alternate between Guelph and Ghana. When the meetings occur in Canada, the offshore attendees will include the Project Director and Theme Leaders (representing the Ghana Management Team), and the Provost and a District Assembly Representative (representing the Advisory Committee). When the meetings occur in Ghana, the offshore attendees will include the Project Director (Canada), and the Project Manager. The Guelph Financial Officer may attend, depending on current financial issues. The Project Adviser will report to the AGM on the annual findings; the performance measurement mission will therefore precede the AGM. The AGM will be held well in advance of CIDA deadlines for submission of the POWB. The partners have concurred on the need for a project implementation plan, to guide administrators and researchers in the operation of the project as a whole, and of the sub-project mechanism. Each sub-project will operate on the basis of approved workplans and accepted reports. The content of the PIP was discussed during the project design mission, and the general content of each section and sub-section defined in context with the present proposal. The full PIP will be elaborated as a first activity on CIDA approval of the proposal. The partners have reviewed how RBM will be applied in the project, and this will be mainstreamed throughout the PIP (as it is in the present proposal) to ensure timely delivery of expected results. The PIP will be installed on-line, and updated as necessary. For a more detailed description of each team member’s role and responsibility see the Project Team Terms of References in Table 3.


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Tab

le 3 Terms of Referen

ce Project Team

CA

NA

DIA

N T

EA

M

Pos

ition

S

umm

ary

of R

ole/

Exp

erie

nce

Sum

mar

y of

Key

Res

pons

ibili

ties

Prim

ary

lo

catio

n P

roje

ct

Dire

ctor

Brin

ging

to b

ear

exte

nsiv

e ex

perie

nce

in th

e di

rect

ion

of la

rge-

scal

e in

tern

atio

nal

deve

lopm

ent p

roje

cts,

the

Pro

ject

Dire

ctor

w

ill p

rovi

de o

vers

ight

and

qua

lity

cont

rol o

n th

e m

anag

emen

t of t

he P

roje

ct a

nd s

trat

egic

ad

vice

on

all a

spec

ts o

f Pro

ject

des

ign,

pl

anni

ng, i

mpl

emen

tatio

n, p

erfo

rman

ce

mon

itorin

g an

d ev

alua

tion.

□ D

irect

and

ove

rsee

the

perf

orm

ance

man

agem

ent o

f the

Pro

ject

to e

nsur

e it

is

achi

evin

g its

obj

ectiv

es.

□ P

rovi

de o

vera

ll pr

ojec

t set

-up

and

esta

blis

hmen

t of f

inan

cial

and

man

agem

ent

syst

ems.

□

App

rove

con

trac

ts, s

taff

enga

gem

ent a

nd a

sset

pur

chas

es a

nd s

igns

off

on th

e fin

anci

al r

epor

ts.

□ D

irect

the

form

ulat

ion

of a

nd a

ppro

ve a

nnua

l wor

k pl

ans

and

budg

ets,

pro

vidi

ng a

n ite

rativ

e pl

anni

ng m

echa

nism

that

kee

ps th

e P

roje

ct a

dapt

ive

and

resp

onsi

ve to

lo

cal i

mpe

rativ

es.

□ B

uild

and

mai

ntai

n re

latio

ns w

ith G

hana

ian

part

ners

and

man

age

the

Pro

ject

co

mm

ittee

sys

tem

. □

Ove

rsee

ris

k m

onito

ring,

man

agem

ent a

nd m

itiga

tion.

□

Sup

ervi

se th

e P

roje

ct m

anag

emen

t and

adm

inis

trat

ive

team

s w

ithin

Can

ada

and

Gha

na a

nd u

nder

take

reg

ular

sta

ff pe

rfor

man

ce r

evie

ws.

□

Ens

ure

that

the

Pro

ject

is a

chie

ving

its

obje

ctiv

es r

elat

ed to

gen

der

mai

nstr

eam

ing

and

othe

r cr

ossc

uttin

g th

emes

. □

Dire

ct c

onta

ct w

ith C

IDA

and

the

Pos

t.

Gue

lph

Act

ing

Ass

oc

VP

(R

es. A

nd

Intl.

Rel

atio

ns)

Brin

ging

to b

ear

exte

nsiv

e ex

perie

nce

rela

ted

to

stra

tegi

c ad

vice

to th

e m

anag

emen

t tea

m.

□ In

sure

tim

ely

deliv

ery

of p

roje

ct o

utpu

ts s

o th

at p

roje

ct r

esul

ts a

re a

chie

ved

. □

Fac

ilita

tor/

Mod

erat

or b

etw

een

CID

A a

nd th

e P

roje

ct D

irect

or in

the

even

t of a

ny d

ispu

tes.

Gue

lph

Pro

ject

M

anag

er

With

bro

ad e

xper

ienc

e in

the

man

agem

ent o

f co

mpl

ex te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e pr

ojec

ts a

nd

adva

nced

edu

catio

n re

late

d to

sub

stan

tive

Pro

ject

are

as, t

he P

roje

ct M

anag

er is

re

spon

sibl

e fo

r th

e da

y-to

-day

man

agem

ent

of th

e P

roje

ct a

nd w

ill s

erve

as

the

key

cont

act w

ith P

roje

ct p

artn

ers

to e

nsur

e th

at

wor

k pl

ans

and

repo

rts

are

deliv

ered

on

time

and

with

hig

h qu

ality

. The

Pro

ject

Man

ager

w

ill e

nsur

e th

e P

roje

ct’s

pro

gres

s to

war

ds th

e ac

hiev

emen

t of c

ontr

acte

d re

sults

. The

P

roje

ct M

anag

er o

vers

ees

and

ensu

res

com

plia

nce

of P

roje

ct e

xpen

ses

with

ap

prov

ed b

udge

ts a

nd w

ork

plan

s an

d pr

ovid

es q

ualit

y co

ntro

l on

all P

roje

ct

activ

ities

, del

iver

able

s, a

nd o

utpu

ts.

□ P

rovi

de o

ngoi

ng o

pera

tiona

l and

fina

ncia

l man

agem

ent o

f the

Pro

ject

. □

Con

duct

all

plan

ning

, bud

getin

g, m

onito

ring,

and

pro

gres

s re

port

ing

on P

roje

ct

activ

ities

. □

Rec

omm

end

item

s fo

r th

e P

roje

ct D

irect

or’s

app

rova

l. □

Lea

d th

e de

velo

pmen

t of w

ork

plan

s an

d na

rrat

ive

repo

rts.

□

Fin

aliz

e T

erm

s of

Ref

eren

ce a

nd c

ontr

acts

for

prof

essi

onal

inpu

t. □

Man

age

risk

mon

itorin

g, m

anag

emen

t and

miti

gatio

n.

□ M

anag

e al

l asp

ects

of t

he im

plem

enta

tion

of P

roje

ct w

ork

plan

s, e

nsur

ing

the

nece

ssar

y fin

anci

al, h

uman

res

ourc

e an

d te

chni

cal i

nput

s ar

e di

rect

ed to

war

ds th

e ac

hiev

emen

t of p

lann

ed r

esul

ts.

□ P

rovi

de tr

aini

ng to

new

and

exi

stin

g st

aff o

n P

roje

ct m

anag

emen

t, fin

anci

al

adm

inis

trat

ion,

impl

emen

tatio

n, m

onito

ring

and

eval

uatio

n to

ens

ure

smoo

th a

nd

cons

iste

nt o

pera

tions

. □

Lia

ise

with

CID

A P

roje

ct O

ffice

r.

□ C

omm

unic

ate

regu

larly

with

Pro

ject

par

tner

s to

ens

ure

com

plia

nce

with

Pro

ject

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plan

s.

□ L

ead

the

iden

tific

atio

n an

d co

ordi

natio

n of

pro

fess

iona

ls a

nd v

olun

teer

s go

ing

to

Gha

na a

nd G

hana

ian

prof

essi

onal

s co

min

g to

Can

ada.

□

Pro

duce

res

earc

h m

ater

ial a

nd p

artic

ipat

e in

Pro

ject

cap

acity

dev

elop

men

t ac

tiviti

es a

s ne

cess

ary.

A

dmin

istr

atio

n T

eam

The

Tea

m w

ill a

ssis

t the

Pro

ject

M

anag

er in

car

ryin

g ou

t the

man

agem

ent o

f th

e P

roje

ct a

nd w

ill u

nder

take

the

day-

to-d

ay

coor

dina

tion

of th

e P

roje

ct. T

his

will

incl

ude

cond

uctin

g re

sear

ch, s

uppo

rtin

g th

e de

velo

pmen

t of P

roje

ct w

ork

plan

s, e

ditin

g an

d re

view

ing

deliv

erab

les,

and

coo

rdin

atin

g pr

ofes

sion

al a

ssig

nmen

ts.

□ M

ake

appr

opria

te a

rran

gem

ents

for

brie

fings

and

orie

ntat

ions

□

Dev

elop

and

acc

umul

ate

othe

r m

ater

ial a

nd d

ocum

enta

tion

asso

ciat

ed w

ith P

roje

ct

activ

ities

and

mai

ntai

n a

reso

urce

libr

ary.

□

Rev

iew

, edi

t and

form

at P

roje

ct d

eliv

erab

les

and/

or r

epor

ts.

□ S

uppo

rt th

e de

velo

pmen

t of P

roje

ct n

ewsl

ette

rs a

nd u

pdat

es

□ C

oord

inat

e th

e ne

twor

k of

Can

adia

n or

gani

zatio

ns.

Gue

lph

Sub

ject

S

peci

alis

ts

GIS

, A

grof

ores

try,

GIS

, Soc

ial

Sci

ence

s G

ende

r S

peci

alis

t

Act

as

prin

cipl

e in

vest

igat

ors

or a

dvis

ors

on a

ll re

late

d su

bpro

ject

s th

at w

ill b

e ex

ecut

ed in

Gha

na.

□ W

ill a

ppro

pria

tely

par

ticip

ate

and

prov

ide

advi

ce a

nd s

uppo

rt o

n re

leva

nt ta

sks

as li

sted

in

the

wor

k br

eakd

own

stru

ctur

e.

Gue

lph

Fin

anci

al

Con

trol

ler

The

Con

trol

ler

will

ens

ure

corp

orat

e ov

ersi

ght o

f the

fina

ncia

l and

con

trac

tual

el

emen

ts o

f the

Pro

ject

.

□ O

vers

ee fi

nanc

ial m

anag

emen

t and

app

licat

ion

of p

olic

ies,

pro

cedu

res,

and

gu

idel

ines

. □

Dire

ct th

e fin

anci

al a

dmin

istr

atio

n of

the

Pro

ject

. □

Man

age

all a

udit

activ

ities

rel

atin

g to

the

Pro

ject

. □

Dire

ct a

nd a

ppro

ve fi

nanc

ial r

epor

ting

to th

e D

onor

.

Gue

lph

Gha

na T

eam

P

ositi

on

Sum

mar

y of

Rol

e/E

xper

ienc

e S

umm

ary

of K

ey R

espo

nsib

ilitie

s P

rimar

y lo

catio

n G

hana

Pro

ject

C

oord

inat

or

(GP

C)

Brin

ging

to b

ear

seni

or m

anag

emen

t ex

perie

nce

on d

onor

coo

pera

tion

proj

ects

an

d ex

pert

ise

in r

egio

nal g

over

nanc

e an

d de

velo

pmen

t in

Gha

na, t

he G

PC

will

be

resp

onsi

ble

for

dire

ctin

g th

e P

roje

ct’s

fiel

d op

erat

ions

; m

anag

ing

the

Pro

ject

’s p

lann

ing,

impl

emen

tatio

n,

tech

nica

l ass

ista

nce,

logi

stic

s, a

dmin

istr

atio

n,

finan

ce, a

nd p

erfo

rman

ce m

onito

ring

in G

hana

; and

pr

ovid

ing

dire

ct te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e to

the

RG

D P

roje

ct.

□ P

rovi

de s

trat

egic

adv

ice,

pro

cess

faci

litat

ion,

and

writ

ten

inpu

ts to

the

plan

ning

an

d im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e pr

ojec

t act

iviti

es.

□ M

anag

e th

e pr

ojec

t im

plem

enta

tion

in G

hana

and

pro

vide

pro

gram

mat

ic

guid

ance

to P

roje

ct p

erso

nnel

. □

Ove

rsee

the

wor

k of

the

Pro

ject

’s F

ield

Offi

ce a

nd p

erso

nnel

, whi

ch in

clud

es th

e co

mm

unity

coo

rdin

atin

g of

fices

. □

Impl

emen

t and

mai

ntai

n in

Gha

na th

e P

roje

ct’s

per

form

ance

mea

sure

men

t sy

stem

s.

□ L

iais

e w

ith n

atio

nal a

nd r

egio

nal l

evel

par

tner

s in

Gha

na.

□ E

nsur

e ef

fect

ive

finan

cial

man

agem

ent a

nd a

dmin

istr

atio

n of

the

Pro

ject

in

Gha

na.

□ B

uild

and

mob

ilize

the

tech

nica

l exp

ertis

e an

d kn

ow-h

ow o

f pro

fess

iona

l net

wor

ks

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in G

hana

. □

Lea

d th

e pr

epar

atio

n of

Ter

ms

of R

efer

ence

for

enga

ged

expe

rts

and

Pro

ject

ac

tiviti

es.

□ P

artic

ipat

e in

the

deve

lopm

ent,

impl

emen

tatio

n, a

nd m

aint

enan

ce o

f a P

roje

ct

gend

er m

ains

trea

min

g st

rate

gy a

nd e

nsur

e th

at o

ther

cro

sscu

tting

issu

es a

re

inte

grat

ed in

to th

e w

ork

of G

hana

ian

expe

rts.

□

Pro

vide

dire

ct te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e to

the

regi

ons

and

the

Min

istr

y.

□ S

uppo

rt th

e ha

rmon

izat

ion

of a

ctiv

ities

with

don

or a

genc

ies.

□

Dev

elop

and

pre

sent

pap

ers

and

repo

rts

to fo

rum

s an

d ot

her

even

ts.

□ p

rovi

de le

ader

ship

to th

e pr

ofes

sion

al w

ork

of e

xper

ts e

ngag

ed in

the

Pro

ject

. □

Bui

ld a

nd m

aint

ain

stro

ng c

oope

rativ

e re

latio

nshi

ps w

ith th

e P

roje

ct’s

par

tner

or

gani

zatio

ns in

Gha

na.

□ M

aint

ain

an a

ctiv

e P

roje

ct S

teer

ing

Com

mitt

ee a

nd a

Wor

king

Gro

up in

eac

h of

th

e commun

ities

. □

Lia

ise

regu

larly

with

the

desi

gnat

ed C

IDA

rep

rese

ntat

ives

at t

he C

anad

ian

Em

bass

y to

Gha

na in

ord

er to

info

rm a

nd c

onsu

lt on

Pro

ject

evo

lutio

n an

d pl

anni

ng.

□ E

nsur

e ha

rmon

izat

ion

of th

e P

roje

ct a

ctiv

ities

with

Gha

na’s

dev

elop

men

t pla

ns,

coor

dina

te c

lose

ly w

ith th

e M

inis

try

of E

cono

my,

and

pur

sue

linka

ges

and

coop

erat

ion

with

CID

A-f

unde

d an

d fo

reig

n-as

sist

ed te

chni

cal c

oope

ratio

n an

d in

tern

atio

nal d

evel

opm

ent p

rogr

ams.

Cap

acity

E

nhan

cem

ent

The

me

Lead

er

The

Cap

acity

Enh

ance

men

t the

me

lead

er w

ill b

ring

to th

e P

roje

ct e

xten

sive

exp

erie

nce

in G

hana

re

late

d to

cap

acity

enh

ance

men

t act

iviti

es m

ainl

y re

late

d to

out

com

e 2

and

outc

ome

3.

□ P

rovi

de g

uida

nce

and

tech

nica

l sup

port

to th

e w

ork

of G

hana

ian

expe

rts

and

prov

ide

supp

ort t

o C

anad

ian

Per

sonn

el.

□ P

rovi

de in

put i

nto

the

desi

gn a

nd d

eliv

ery

of c

apac

ity b

uild

ing

initi

ativ

es. P

leas

e re

fer

to th

e N

arra

tive

Sec

tion,

Pag

es 4

5 to

51.

□

Pro

vide

gui

danc

e an

d su

ppor

t on

all a

ctiv

ities

rel

ated

to a

chie

ving

res

ults

on

Nat

iona

l AF

po

licy

revi

taliz

atio

n.

□ P

rovi

de g

uida

nce

and

supp

ort o

n al

l act

iviti

es r

elat

ed to

ach

ievi

ng r

esul

ts o

n K

NU

ST

be

com

ing

the

cent

re o

f exc

elle

nce

in w

est A

fric

a de

liver

ing

AF

tech

nolo

gies

. □

Sho

uld

wor

k in

clo

se c

onsu

ltatio

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3.2.1 Financial Management The CI Project Manager in consultation with the CI Project Director will undertake day-to-day financial management at the CI. Project financial protocols will follow the University of Guelph’s standard financial rules and guidelines. The annual budget requirements for the project will be jointly finalized with the Ghanaian partners at the project annual meeting. Once the CI Project Director approves the budget, the Chief Financial Officer, University of Guelph, will then transmit quarterly budget allocations into the project’s dollar bank account in Ghana. Full transfers will immediately be made to the project’s cedi bank account, to ensure complete transparency in management of currency exchange. The CI Project Manager and the DCETO Project Director will jointly be responsible for ensuring that proper accounting procedures are followed both in Canada and in Ghana. The DCETO Project Director, supported by the KNUST Chief Accountant, will be responsible for submitting timely quarterly financial expenditure reports (by the 15th day from the end of the quarter) to the CI Project Manager. The CI Project Manager will then assess the quarterly reports against the quarterly project activities and deliverables and make recommendations to the CI Project Director. Based on the recommendations made by the CI Project Manager, the CI Project Director will then make a decision on the next quarterly allocation to Ghana. If progress is satisfactory, the CI Project Director will then instruct the University of Guelph’s Chief Financial Officer to transmit the next quarter budget allocation. This financial mechanism will ensure a system of checks and balances and timely delivery of results.

4. Project Implementation

4.1. Narrative

4.1.1 OUTCOME 1 Poverty alleviation in the target communities OUTPUT 1-100 ENHANCED AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS Activity 1-110 Baseline Surveys Tasks 1-111 First year socio-economic and biophysical assessment To identify household characteristics in 3 communities and identify their knowledge, resource base and inter-household priorities for development of agroforestry technology. This will be done through: Preliminary household visits to get information on the population, household structure, etc. This will be followed by the development of an appropriate sampling strategy. Pre-test survey questionnaires will be developed and tested in the communities to be followed by the actual survey. A preliminary data analysis of the information obtained from the survey will be followed by a participatory discussion and ranking of relevant agroforestry technologies involving the local communities (men, women, youth). A draft report will be prepared under this activity. Participatory CANR student projects will contribute qualitative data for this report. 1-112 Midterm survey to assess improvement



In year 3, a mid term socio-economic and biophysical survey with questions consistent with the initial baseline survey will be done to assess the level of improvement made as a result of the project. 1-113 Final (5th Year) Performance measurement A final socio-economic and biophysical survey with questions consistent with the initial baseline and midterm surveys will be undertaken to determine overall changes in income levels and food security 1-114 Final stakeholders workshop to discuss future sustainability A final workshop will be held to discuss the gains and challenges and to identify opportunities for stakeholders to sustain results of the project. At this workshop emphasis will be placed on the way forward, especially with community ownership. 1-120 Gender Analysis Aims to mainstream the analysis of gender and not women, per se and ensure a policy of gender equality and social development. 1-121 Community consultation and action gender planning In the first year three community consultations (one in each community) through focus groups involving men and women of various age groups will be conducted for gender awareness building and action gender planning. 1-122 Gender analysis tool development and training (to be done twice) Identified groups would be trained and tools developed for implementing the gender action plans. Resource people from gender and development NGOs and government (MOFA, etc.) will assist in this training. 1-123 Gender network / strategy meeting (seminar) Identified groups will be involved in consultations and meetings in order to create a national gender and Agroforestry network to ensure mainstreaming in the project. 1-124 Community gender action plans for income generation and food security. Identified groups (men, women, vulnerable groups) will be implementing action plans e.g. leadership and organizational development for income generation and food security activities/projects. 1-130 Community Outreach 1-131 Audiovisual Equipment for FFRT (speakers, LCD, projection screen, etc)



Audio-visual equipment including Video, LCDs, PA systems, etc will be procured for the Sunyani Campus to complement training, awareness building, data collection and dissemination of Agroforestry information. 1-132 Material development (print, video, drama) Materials such as brochures, poster, flyers and school plays will be developed for community outreach including schools, (primary, secondary and tertiary), clubs, churches, farmers’ organizations, retailers and other institutions. 1-133 Rural radio linkages (3 program series, air time) Rural radio stations will be involved to produce and broadcast environmental education programs to the communities. This will include news and interviews about the progress of the project and thematic program series e.g. bushfire control. 1-134 Continuing education for Agricultural Extension Agents (8 events) A total of eight (8) refresher courses on AF technologies will be organized for Extension Agents (MOFA, FSD, NGOs and District Assemblies) in the Sunyani municipality and neighboring communities. 1-135 Agroforestry Clubs Schools and CBOs will be encouraged to form Agroforestry Clubs. These Clubs will implement and help disseminate agroforestry technologies. 1-136 Agroforester of the Year competition Each year a competition will be organized to award individuals and groups who have successfully implemented and contributed significantly to AF development. 1-137 Distance Education Staff of CANR/KNUST will be introduced to technologies, material development, delivery and assessment in distance education. This will allow faculty to produce communication materials (fact sheets, teaching materials etc) for dissemination of Agroforestry technologies to facilitate adoption. 1-140 GIS Analysis Geographic Information System (GIS) will be used to assess the distribution of current resources (natural, social, economic) and the changes effected by the project. Further, it will be used to monitor changes in the Forest Reserves throughout the project period and beyond. GIS maps will also be used in designing and monitoring the effectiveness of firebreaks. This will assist in planning appropriate land uses based on physical attributes and also to analyze the spatial distribution of resources and markets. GIS will thus be a crosscutting theme. 1-141 Creation of database



A database will be created for the communities indicating the occurrence of bushfires, location of farms, rivers, drainage, etc. 1-142 Integrate GIS with on-going sub-projects All projects will feed information to the GIS database for subsequent analysis (1-143). As well, the sub project will have access to relevant information from the database. 1-143 Interpretation, mapping and analysis Data will be analyzed and used to develop land use maps for the local communities. Through visualization, the communities will participate in the analysis and development of the land use map. Overlay and spatial analysis using the GIS database will facilitate trend analysis and support district planning. The GIS will also be used in teaching and research. 1-150 Nursery Establishment in 3 Communities 1-151 Creation of nurseries Three demonstration nurseries, one in each community will be established to supply planting materials as well as serve as to training centers for local communities. About two hundred thousand seedlings will be produced annually for all three communities. Production of additional seedlings will be demand driven for income generation. 1-152 Maintenance Regular maintenance of nurseries will ensure continued productivity and uninterrupted supply of planting materials to local communities 1-153 Distribution of stocks Planting material produced will be distributed to community members based on community-established guidelines. Seedlings may be sold for income generation to ensure ownership and sustainability.

1-160 Agroforestry Technology 1-161 Agroforestry training Local communities will be trained in modern sustainable agroforestry technologies, including tree-based intercropping, silvipastoral practices and bushfire prevention and suppression. 1-162 Tree-based intercropping Multipurpose tree species for fuelwood, fodder, soil reclamation and fruit production will be incorporated in tree-based intercropping system. Design considerations will be given to meet community needs in response to the small projects and the baseline studies.



1-163 Application of other suitable AF technologies Research for development projects as indicated in the proposal will be implemented under this category. For example, the technologies identified from the baseline studies will be fine-tuned. Demonstration plots will be established to showcase suitable agroforestry technologies to facilitate wider adoption within and outside the target community. Riparian agroforestry technologies will be introduced to restore degraded aquatic ecosystems. Degraded range lands would also be restored through the introduction of multipurpose tree species. 1-164 Bushfire Management The annual incidence of bushfires is a potential threat to agroforestry investments and appropriate fire management strategies will be put in place. These may include fire belts and green belts. Communities will be encouraged to form fire volunteer squads. Training and equipment will be provided. 1-170 Non-formal Training of Youth in AF 1-171 Identify and train youth community leaders in AF from the district. Enthusiastic youth(males and females) will be identified and given training to enable them to act as leaders and trainers in their various communities. OUTPUT 1-200 INCREASE COMMUNITY AND HOUSEHOLD INCOME GENERATION CAPACITY 1-210 Microlivestock and Small Ruminant Enterprise Establishment Interested members of the communities will be given practical training in the management of farm animals with emphasis on microlivestock like grasscutters, rabbits and snails and small ruminants (sheep and goats) with the aim of helping them to establish these alternative livelihoods. Training will also be offered in apiculture. 1-211 Grasscutters and rabbits Selected households will be given housing and initial breeding stocks. The breeding stock will be provided on a revolving basis where a beneficiary will return an equal amount of stock provided after two breeding cycles. The returned stock will then be given to new beneficiaries.

1-212 Snails Similar arrangements as in 1-211 will apply.



1-213 Bees and honey production Beehives will be provided for interested individuals or groups and harvesting equipment and processing facilities will be made available for each community. Beneficiaries will be required to contribute an agreed amount towards an equipment maintenance fund.

1-214 Sheep and goats Similar arrangements as in 1-211 will apply.

1-220 Short Rotation Wood Crops Establishment

Local communities will be given training in the establishment of short rotation woodlots for the production of fuelwood and charcoal for income generation. 1-221 Woodlots/short rotation woody crops establishment Appropriate MPTs will be introduced into the short rotation woodlot to reduce the pressure on the natural forest. Seedlings will be provided from the community nursery.

1-222 Charcoal kilns Appropriate charcoal kilns will be manufactured by KNUST (Engineering) and made available to communities. Arrangements will be made for individuals to purchase their own kilns. 1-230 Post Harvest Technologies Postharvest losses are high in these communities. Local farmers will therefore be given training in preserving farm produce and also in processing to add value to their produce. Efforts will concentrate on maize, cassava, tomato, (the main farm cash crops) and honey processing. 1-231 Maize storage and processing Appropriate storage cribs will be provided on a revolving fund basis.

1-232 Cassava processing New innovations in cassava processing (e.g. cassava chips, gari) will be introduced. Appropriate cassava processing equipment will be provided at the community level to facilitate marketing of cassava products.

1-233 Honey processing



Appropriate honey processing equipments will be provided at the community level to facilitate marketing of honey and honey products.

1-234 Tomato processing The potential to process tomatoes will be investigated with the communities and industry to develop appropriate drying, canning, etc. technologies.

4.1.2. OUTCOME 2 KNUST as the centre of excellence in West Africa delivering AF technologies

OUTPUT WBS 2-100 GIS CAPACITY ENHANCEMENT 2-110 GIS Laboratory Established 2-111 Renovation of GIS Lab at FFRT Selected rooms at the FFRT will be renovated and made ready for the installation of the GIS equipment. 2-112 Procurement and installation at FFRT GIS equipment will be procured and installed at FFRT providing twenty (20) workstations as part of its capacity enhancement. 2-113 Procurement and installation at FRNR GIS equipment will be procured and installed at FRNR, Five (5) workstations will be used in the capacity enhancement and training of postgraduate students at the FRNR; existing four workstations will be upgraded. 2-120 GIS Curriculum Review and Development GIS courses both at FFRT and FRNR will be reviewed with input from University of Guelph and KNUST faculty.



2-121 Form a committee to review the curriculum A committee will be formed to review what is currently being taught at FFRT and FRNR and also to discuss the stakeholder expectations of the new graduate in GIS. The committee will prepare a report on the reviewed curriculum. 2-122 Stakeholders curriculum input and review workshop A stakeholder workshop will deliberate on the draft curriculum and a final output will be put before the KNUST Academic Board through the Faculty and College Boards for final approval. 2-130 GIS Workshops 2-131 Organize 10 GIS training workshops for KNUST Staff, NGOs, CBOs, and MDAs Two workshops will be organized each year for training and creating awareness in GIS for KNUST faculty and staff of relevant NGOs, CBOs and MDAs. OUTPUT 2 WBS 2-200 FACULTY DEVELOPMENT

A number of faculty members will be trained. All trainees will be employed by KNUST on successful completion to the FFRT as part of the staff development of that faculty. (5 MSc and 1 PhD)

2-210 Six Faculty Trained (1 PhD and 5 M.Sc.) 2-211 Select FFRT staff members for M.Sc. training Five members of staff will be selected for training mindful of the identified areas of specialization. 2-212 M.Sc. in agroforestry One person will undertake graduate studies leading to an M.Sc. in Agroforestry at the KNUST based on one of the topic/problems in the project areas. Part of the training will be undertaken at the University of Guelph. 2-213 PhD agroforestry (GIS) A member of staff will undertake a PhD in Agroforestry with a specialization in GIS at the KNUST. As GIS is a crosscutting theme of the project advance training in GIS will facilitate monitoring progress from inception to the end of the project. Besides the direct benefits to the project this person will also serve as a resource person to CBOs and NGOs in the districts and beyond. 2-214 M.Sc. in Soil-plant relations



One person will undertake M.Sc. in Soil-Plant relations at the KNUST. Agroforestry technologies generally have direct benefits on soil fertility and land reclamation. These benefits are vital to achieve food and income security. Therefore this training will not only provide skills and knowledge but also contribute to food security. Further, teaching and research in Soil-Plant Relations by the trainee will be enhanced. 2-215 M.Sc. in taxonomy A selected faculty will undertake M.Sc. in Plant Taxonomy at the KNUST. This will fill a gap that has always persisted in Ghana. Student in natural resources have to be trained to identify and classify plant species. The trainee will provide skills and knowledge to enhance the teaching and research in Plant Taxonomy at the CANR. 2-216 M.Sc. in plant breeding and genetics One selected person will undertake an M.Sc. in Plant Breeding and Genetics at the KNUST. There is a critical need for human resource in this area in Ghana. The skills and knowledge will enhance the teaching and research in Breeding & Genetics. 2-217 M.Sc. in range management The fifth member of staff selected will undertake an M.Sc. in Range Management at the KNUST. The rangelands in Ghana are generally degraded and there is a scarcity of expertise in range management. The skills and knowledge acquired will enhance the teaching and research of range management as well as the development of rangeland. 2-220 Five Technicians Trained Five technicians will be trained in the five areas of Postgraduate training. Trained technicians will service Departments in the two faculties FFRT (2) and FRNR (3). Technicians will acquire knowledge and skills to support Faculty in the various disciplines. They will be expected to provide specialized service to students. 2-221 Technicians selection process The Heads of various Departments will select the Technicians for training. 2-222 Plant taxonomy (FFRT) One Technician will be trained in the area of plant classification and identification to be able to manage the Taxonomy laboratory and to assist in practical and maintenance of a herbarium and arboretum. 2-223 Plant protection (FRNR) A technician will be trained in the area of Forest Plant Protection to manage the plant protection laboratory and to offer support in teaching and research. In addition, the technician will be expected to maintain a collection of insects and pests.



2-224 Plant breeding and genetics (FRNR) One technician will be trained in the area of Plant Breeding and Genetics to manage the plant-breeding laboratory and to offer laboratory support in plant propagation, nursery management and maintenance of seed orchard. 2-225 Range Management and Soil-plant relations (FRNR) One technician will be trained in the area of range management and or soil-soil plant relations to offer support in teaching and research and to help students in field practice. 2-226 GIS (FFRT) One technician will be trained in the area of GIS to help in the analysis of GIS data arising from the execution of the project. 2-230 Short Term Refresher Training of KNUST Faculty 2-231 Group of 10 faculty to visit Songhai Centre in Benin Ten members of CANR will travel to the Songhai Centre in Porto Novo (Republic of Benin) to study the novel approach to Agroforestry training and development there. 2-232 Administrative management upgrade training The Administrative and Management skills of CANR faculty will be upgraded through a workshop conducted by a resource person with a requisite knowledge and experience in administration and management. The training will emphasize RBM skills. 2-233 Community development training (2) The University of Guelph will provide training in Techniques in implementing Community Development projects/programs. 2-234 Communication and extension The University of Guelph will conduct training in Techniques in Communication and Extension to the CANR faculty. 2-235 RBM and proposal writing Any opportunity for training for Ghanaian Faculty both in Ghana and at the University of Guelph will be fully utilized to familiarize the scientists with RBM and other proposal writing techniques. 2-240 International Conferences Attendance and Participation



2-241 Five members of CANR at World Agroforestry Conference The World Agroforestry Congress will be held in 2009 and this is a unique opportunity for five (5) faculty of the CANR to participate and to interact with renowned agroforesters. There will be important exposure to research of the world and also important contacts made. Participants will gain knowledge and skills that will enhance the research and teaching skills in agroforestry and related courses. 2-250 Curriculum Review – B.Sc. Forest Resource Technology A committee will be formed to review the existing Diploma and B.Sc. programmes. Subsequently a stakeholders review workshop will be held to solicit views and inputs into a revised curricula for the two programmes. 2-251 Form curriculum review committee A College committee will be given the task of reviewing the existing curricula for the Diploma and B.Sc. programmes to reflect current national priorities in natural resource management. The Committee will prepare a draft review syllabus.

2-252 Stakeholders curriculum input and review workshop A stakeholder’s workshop will deliberate on the draft curriculum and a final output will be put before the KNUST Academic Board through the Faculty and College Boards for final approval. OUTPUT 3 WBS 2-300 SOIL LABORATORY ENHANCEMENT 2-310 Purchase and Installation of Soil Lab Equipment 2-311 Procurement and installation This task involves the installation of soil lab equipment. 2-320 Four Training Workshops on Soil and Plant Analyses/Techniques 2-321 Two workshops in Guelph Faculty visiting Guelph will have opportunity to be trained in soil and plant analysis and techniques. 2-322 Two workshops in Kumasi Guelph faculty will provide further training in soil and plant analysis and techniques.



OUTPUT 4 WBS 2-400 LIBRARY ENHANCEMENT 2-410 Library Enhancement Activities 2-411 UG library access The Library at the FFRT is woefully inadequate and access to journals and books is virtually non-existent. It is hoped that during the life of the project this will improve and that the initial step will be able to provide internet access to the UG LIBRARY to the same extent as students and faculty at UG currently have. 2-412 Librarian and group training The Librarian and some Faculty of KNUST will be provided some training to enable them have access to internet facilities world wide and also at the UG Library. This could be done both at KNUST and at Guelph when the opportunity arises. 2-413 Six units of wireless procured and subscription at FFRT Six units of wireless access to the INTERNET will be purchased: 3 for the FFRT and 3 for the FRNR. The Dean at FFRT and the Program Director in Ghana will hold one each and the other units will be available in the libraries for the duration of the project. Scientists and students will have access. Limited subscriptions will be paid to make limited access available 2-420 Purchase of Books and Subscription to Journals 2-421 Purchase of books (textbooks) A needs assessment will be done to identify books and journals required in the two libraries of the FFRT and the FRNR. Subscriptions will be paid and the identified books will be purchased for use by faculty and students.

4.1.3. OUTCOME 3 National AF policy revitalized and strengthened

OUTPUT WBS 3-100 REVITALIZATION OF THE AF POLICY AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL 3-110 Revitalize the Draft AF Policy 3-111 Establish small committee to revitalize AF policy



A working Committee of FFRT, FRNR and UG Faculty will be set up by the project management with specific terms of reference. 3-112 Review existing policy The committee will then acquire and review the existing draft policy. 3-113 Policy dialogue GPRS has incorporated agroforestry land use as a viable option to bring about food security among resource poor communities. In this context there is an agroforestry policy in existence but inactive. During the project implementation planning meetings steps were taken to involve associated ministries (e.g. Forestry commission and MOFA) to provide their inputs and their help to revitalize the inactive agroforestry policy. Therefore, there will be extensive dialogue with all stakeholders to discuss the new draft policy. Participation by the MOFA to ensure the development of the draft policy into a Government White Paper will be insured. Draft policy will be presented to Parliament through the official channels. Results will be achieved through the implementation of the agroforestry policy into the district planning endeavors, for example Sunyani district where all three target communities are situated. We have also received assurance from the Sunyani district planning officials that they will incorporate agroforestry strategies into their planning process. OUTPUT WBS 3-200 INCORPORATE AF IN DISTRICT PLANNING 3-210 Formulate AF Strategies for the District 3-211 Draft and discuss potential AF strategies Agroforestry strategies will be drafted with community and other stakeholders including MOFA, FSD, and Faculty of KNUST for the District .This will also involve extensive discussions on the subject. 3-212 Prioritize and finalize AF strategies Faculty of FFRT and FRNF and UG will prioritize and finalize the District AF policies to be incorporated in the District planning processes. 3-220 Awareness building of AF policy at the community level When the District draft policy is in place the entire community will be extensively made aware of the policy to be standard for the practice of agroforestry in the 3 communities and beyond. 3-221 Policy information dissemination District assemblies will have opportunity to disseminate agroforestry policy information throughout the district and to the community farmers in particular. The policy that has been revitalized should be known and available to all stakeholders through the provision of fact sheets. Information on AF policy will also be used in school curricula delivery.



4.3 Work Breakdown Structure Agroforestry Practices to Enhance Resource-Poor Livelihoods

Enhancement of livelihoods of the Resource Poor

Poverty alleviation in the target communities

KNUST as the centre of excellence in west Africa delivering AF technologies

National AF policy revitalized and strengthened

WBS 2-100 GIS Capacity Enhancement

WBS-1-100 Enhanced AF Systems

WBS 3-100 Revitalization of the AF Policy at the National Level

WBS-1-200 Community and Household Capacity Enhancement

WBS 3-200 Incorporate AF in District Planning

WBS 2-200 Faculty Development

WBS 2-300 Library Enhancement

Objective:

1 2 3

Figure 1 Work Breakdown Structure


es to

Enh

ance Resource-Po


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entatio

n Plan

53

Work Breakdo

wn Structure (W

BS)

Goal: Enh

ancement o

f Livelihoo

ds of the Resou

rce Po

or

Tab

le 4 W

ork Break

down Stru

ctur

e for PIP

Outcome 1

Poverty alleviation in th

e target

commun

ities

Outcome 2

KNUST

as the centre of e

xcellence in west A

frica

deliv

ering AF techno

logies

Outcome 3

National A

F po

licy revitaliz

ed and

strengthened

OUTCOME 1

OUTPUT

ACTIV

ITIE

S TASK

S RESO

URCES

RESP

ONSIBIL

ITIE

S WBS-1-10

0

Enh

anced AF

System

s

1-11

0 Baseline Su

rveys

1-12

0 Gender A

nalysis,

includ

es action and

strategies

1-13

0 Com

mun

ity

Outreach

1-11

1 First year socio-econo

mic and

biop

hysical assessm

ent

1-11

2 Midterm

BL to

assess im

prov

ement

1-11

3 Final (5t

h Year) Perform

ance

measurement

1-12

1 Com

mun

ity con

sulta

tion and actio

n gend

er plann

ing

1-12

2 Gender a

nalysis tool develop

ment

and training (to be don

e tw

ice)

1-12

3 Gender n

etwork / strategy meetin

g (sem

inar)

1-12

4 Com

mun

ity gender a

ction plans for

income generatio

n and food

security

1-13

1 Aud

iovisual Equ

ipment for FFR

T

(speakers, LCD, p

rojection screen,

etc)

1-13

2 Material d

evelop

ment (print, video,

dram

a)

1-13

3 Rural ra

dio lin

kages (3 program

$10,00

0 $4

,000

$6,000

$12,53

0 $1

7,40

0 $8

,420

$28,60

0 $4

,000

$13,53

0 $1

3,53

0

UG/FRNR/BIRD/

MOFA

/MDA/FFR

T

KNUST

/UG

FFRT/FRNR/FSD

/ CBOs/MOFA


es to

Enh

ance Resource-Po


Project Implem

entatio

n Plan

54

1-14

0 GIS analysis

1-15

0 Nursery

Establishm

ent in 3

Com

mun

ities

1-16

0 Agroforestry

Techn

olog

y 1-17

0 Non-formal

Training of You

th

in Agroforestry

series, air time)

1-13

4 Con

tinuing edu

catio

n for A

EAs (8

events)

1-13

5 Agroforestry Clubs (9

) 1-13

6 Agroforester o

f the Year

1-13

7 Distance Edu

catio

n 1-14

1 Creation of database

1-14

2 Integrate GIS with

on-go

ing sub-

projects

1-14

3 Interpretatio

n, m

apping and

analysis

1-15

1 Creation of nurseries

1-15

2 Maintenance

1-15

3 Distribution of stocks

1-16

1 Agroforestry training

1-16

2 Tree-based intercropp

ing

1-16

3 App

lication of other suitable AF

techno

logies

1-16

4 Bushfire managem

ent

1-17

1 Identify and train youth commun

ity

leaders in AF from

the district

$22,53

0 $1

6,53

0 $3

,530

$6,350

$5,000

$26,00

0 $2

6,00

0 $5

8,00

0

$29,00

0 $1

9,00

0 $2

9,00

0 $4

9,00

0 $3

9,000

$29,00

0 $6

,000

FFRT/FRNR/FSD

/ CBOs/MOFA

FF

RT/FRNR/FSD

/ CBOs/MOFA

FF

RT/FRNR/FSD

/ CBOs/MOFA

FF

RT/FRNR/FSD

/ CBOs/MOFA

1-20

0 Com

mun

ity

and Hou

seho

ld

Capacity

Enh

ancement

1-21

0 Microliv

estock and

Sm

all R

uminants

Enterprise

Establishm

ent

1-22

0 Sh

ort rotation woo

d crops (SRWC)

1-21

1 Grasscutte

rs and

rabb

its

1-21

2 Sn

ails

1-21

3 Bees and ho

ney prod

uctio

n 1-21

4 Sh

eep and goats

1-22

1 Woo

dlots and SR

WC

1-22

2 Charcoal k

ilns

$146

,000

$1

8,00

0 $3

8,00

0

FFRT/FRNR/FSD

/ CBOs/MOFA

FF

RT/FRNR/FSD

/ CBOs/MOFA


es to

Enh

ance Resource-Po


Project Implem

entatio

n Plan

55

1-23

0 Po

stharvest

Techn

olog

ies

1-23

1 Maize storage and

processing

1-23

2 Casava processing

1-23

3 Hon

ey processing

1-23

4 Tom

ato processing

$2

7,50

0 $9

,500

$9,500

$9,500

FFRT/FRNR/FSD

/ CBOs/MOFA

OUTCOME 2

OUTPUT

ACTIV

ITIE

S TASK

S RESO

URCES

RESP

ONSIBIL

ITIE

S WBS 2-10

0 GIS Capacity

enhancem

ent

2-11

0 GIS Laboratory

Established

2-12

0 GIS Curriculum

Review

2-13

0 GIS W

orkshops

2-11

1 Renov

ation of GIS Lab at F

FRT

2-11

2 Procurem

ent and

installatio

n at

FFRT

2-11

3 Procurem

ent and

installatio

n at

FRNR

2-12

1 Fo

rm a curriculum com

mittee to

review

the curriculum

2-12

2 Stakeholders curriculum in

put and

review

workshop

2-13

1 Organize 10

GIS training

workshops

for K

NUST

Staff, N

GOs, CBOs, and

MDAs

$16,00

0 $1

58,000

nil

$8,000

$42,00

0

KNUST

/ UG

KNUST

/ UG

KNUST

/ UG

WBS 2-20

0 Faculty

developm

ent

2-21

0 Six Faculty

Trained

2-22

0 Five Techn

icians

Trained

2-21

1 Select FFR

T staff m

embers and

M.Sc. training

2-21

2 M.Sc. in

Agroforestry

2-21

3 Ph

.D Agroforestry (G

IS )

2-21

4 M.Sc. in

Soil-plant relations

2-21

5 M.Sc. taxo

nomy

2-21

6 M.Sc. in

breeding and genetic

s 2-21

7 M.Sc. in

rang

e managem

ent

2-22

1 Techn

ician selection process

2-22

2 Plant taxon

omy (FFR

T)

Nil

$24, 000

$71, 000

$24, 000

$24, 000

$24, 000

$24,00

0 Nil

$12,80

0

KNUST

IITA/UG/KNUST

KNUST

IITA/ICRAFC

ameroo

n UG / IITA


es to

Enh

ance Resource-Po


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entatio

n Plan

56

2-23

0 Sh

ort term

Refresher Training

of KNUST

Faculty

2-24

0 International

Conferences

Atte

ndance and

Pa

rticipation

2-25

0 Curriculum Review

2-22

3 Plant p

rotection (FRNR)

2-22

4 Plant b

reeding genetic

s (FRNR)

2-22

5 Range m

anagem

ent and

soil-plant

relatio

ns (F

RNR)

2-22

6 GIS (F

FRT)

2-23

1 Group

of 1

0 faculty

to study visit to

IITA Centre in Benin

2-23

2 Adm

inistrative managem

ent u

pgrade

training

2-23

3 Com

mun

ity develop

ment training (2)

2-23

4 Com

mun

ication and extension

2-23

5 RBM and

propo

sal w

ritin

g

2-24

1 Five m

embers of K

NUST

at W

orld

Agroforestry Con

ference

2-25

1 Fo

rm curriculum re

view

com

mittee

2-25

2 Stakeholders in

put and

review

workshop

$12,80

0 $1

2,80

0 $1

2,80

0 $1

2,80

0 $7

,000

$4,100

$2

,300

$2,300

$2,300

$15,00

0(share

d costs)

Nil

In-kind $8

,000

IITA

IITA

KNUST

KNUST

KNUST

KNUST

/ Wageningen

International

KNUST

/ UG

KNUST

/ UG

KNUST

/ UG

KNUST

KNUST

KNUST

WBS 2-30

0 So

il labo

ratory

enhancem

ent

2-31

0 Pu

rchase &

Installatio

n of Soil

Lab Equipment

2-32

0 Fo

ur Training

Workshops on So

il and Plant A

nalyses/

Techn

iques

2-31

1 Procurem

ent and

installatio

n 2-32

1 Two workshops in

Guelph

2-32

2 Two workshops in

Kum

asi

$71,00

0 $3

,000

$3,000

KNUST

/ UG

UG / KNUST

UG / KNUST

WBS 2-40

0 Library

2-41

0 Library

Enhancement

2-41

1 UG library access

2-41

2 Librarian and

group

training

In-kind 50

00

$5,000

UG

UG or K

NUST


es to

Enh

ance Resource-Po


Project Implem

entatio

n Plan

57

Enh

ancement

Activities

2-42

0 Pu

rchase of b

ooks

and subscriptio

n to

Journals

2-41

3 Six un

its of w

ireless procured and

subscriptio

n FF

RT

2-42

1 Pu

rchase of b

ooks (textboo

ks)

$6,000

$42,00

0

KNUST

KNUST

/ UG

OUTCOME 3

OUTPUT

ACTIV

ITIE

S TASK

S RESO

URCES

RESP

ONSIBIL

ITIE

S WBS 3-10

0 Revita

lization of th

e AF po

licy at th

e natio

nal level

WBS 3-20

0 Incorporate AF in

District P

lann

ing

3-11

0 Revita

lize the AF

polic

y 3-21

0 Fo

rmulate AF

strategies fo

r the

district

3-22

0 Awareness bu

ilding

of AF po

licy at th

e community

level

3-11

1 Establish sm

all com

mittee to

revitaliz

e AF po

licy

3-11

2 Review existing po

licy

3-11

3 Po

licy dialog

ue

3-21

1 Draft and

discuss potentia

l AF

strategies

3-21

2 Prioritiz

e and finaliz

e AF strategies

3-22

1 Po

licy inform

ation dissem

ination

In-kind

In-kind

$8,000

$4,000

$2,000

Cross-ref

KNUST

/ UG

KNUST

/ Ministries

KNUST

/ Ministries

KNUST

/ UG

KNUST

/ UG

KNUST

/ UG /

commun

ities


es to

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ance Resource-Po


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entatio

n Plan

58

4.4.

Schedule

4.4.1

Quick time table for outputs and activities

Tab

le 5 Q

uick

Tim

e Tab

le

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

1-100 Enhanced AF Systems

1-11

0 B

asel

ine

surv

eys

1-12

0 G

ende

r an

alys

is1-

130

Com

mun

ity O

utre

ach

1-14

0 G

IS A

naly

sis

1-15

0 N

urse

ry P

rodu

ctio

n in

thre

e co

mm

uniti

es1-

160

Agr

ofor

estr

y T

echn

olog

y1-

170

Non

-for

mal

Tra

inin

g of

You

th in

AF

1-200 Increase Community and Household Income Generation Capacity

1-21

0 M

icro

lives

tock

and

Sm

all R

umin

ants

(S

heep

and

Goa

t)1-

220

Sho

rt R

otat

ion

Woo

d C

rops

1-23

0 P

ost H

arve

st T

echn

olog

ies


2-11

0 La

bora

tory

Est

ablis

hmen

t2-

120

GIS

Cur

ricul

um D

evel

opm

ent

2-13

0 G

IS W

orks

hop

2-200 Faculty Development

2-21

0 S

ix F

acul

ty T

rain

ed2-

220

Fiv

e T

echn

icia

ns T

rain

ed2-

230

Sho

rt T

erm

Ref

resh

er T

rain

ing

of K

NU

ST

Fac

ulty

2-24

0 In

tern

atio

nal C

onfe

renc

es A

ttend

ance

and

Par

ticip

atio

n2-

250

Cur

ricul

um R

evie

w -

BS

c F

ores

t Res

ourc

e T

echn

olog

y2-300 Soil Laboratory Enhancement

2-31

0 P

urch

ase

and

Inst

alla

tion

of S

oil L

abor

ator

y E

quip

men

t 2-

320

Fou

r T

rain

ning

Wor

ksho

ps o

n S

oil a

nd P

lant

ana

lysi

s or

Tec

hniq

ues


2-41

0 Li

brar

y E

nhan

cem

ent A

ctiv

ities

2-42

0 P

urch

ase

of B

ooks

and

Sub

crip

tion

to J

ourn

als

3-100 Revitalization of the AF Policy at the National Level

3-11

0 R

evita

lize

the

AF

Pol

icy

3-200 Incorporate AF in District Planning

3-21

0 F

orm

ulat

e A

F S

trat

egie

s fo

r th

e D

istr

ict

3-22

0 A

war

enes

s B

uild

ing

of A

F P

olic

y at

the

Com

mun

ity L

evel

F/Y5

F/Y1

F/Y2

F/Y3

F/Y4


es to

Enh

ance Resource-Po


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entatio

n Plan

59

4.4.2.

Detailed time table of outcomes, outputs, activities, tasks

Tab

le 6 Detailed Tim

e Tab

le

Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1Q2Q3Q4

WBS 100

1-100 Enhanced AF Sy

stem

s1-110 Baseline surveys

1-111 First year socio-econo

mic and biophysical

assessment

1-112 Midterm

BL to

Assess Im

prov

ement

1-113 Final (5t

h Year) Perform

ance m

easurement

1-114 Final S

takeholders Worksho

p (W

ay Forward)

1-120 Gender analysis

1-121 Com

munity

Consultatio

n and Action Gender

Planning

1-122 Gender Analysis tool Develop

ment a

nd Training X 2

1-123 Gender Network / S

trategy Meetin

g (sem

inar)

1-124 Com

m. A

ction Plans for Income Generation +F

ood

Security

1-130 Com

munity

Outreach

1-131 AV Equ

ipment for FFR

T (speakers, L

CD, screen)

1-132 Material D

evelop

ment (print, video, drama)

1-133 Rural radio linkages (3 prog

ram series, air tim

e)

1-134 Con

tinuing Educatio

n for AEAs (8 events)

1-135 Agroforestry Clubs (9)

1-136 Agroforester of th

e Year C

ompetition

1-137 Distance Edu

catio

n

1-140 GIS Analysis

1-141 Creation of Database

1-142 Integrate GIS with

On-go

ing Su

b-projects

1-143 Interpretatio

n, M

apping and Analysis (Include

Landuse M

aps for the 3 Villages)

F/Y5

F/Y1

F/Y2

F/Y3

F/Y4


es to

Enh

ance Resource-Po


Project Implem

entatio

n Plan

60


1-150 Nursery Produ

ction in Three

Com

munities

1-151 Creation of Nurserie

s1-152 Maintenance

1-153 Distribution of Stocks

1-160 Agroforestry Technolog

y1-161 Agroforestry Technolog

y Training

1-162 Tree-based intercropp

ing

1-163 App

lication of Other Suitable AF

Technolog

ies

1-164 Fire M

anagem

ent

1-170 Non-Formal Training of You

th in

Agroforestry

1-171 Identify and train youth community

leaders in AF from

the distric

t1-200 Increase Com

munity

and Hou

sehold

Income Generation Capacity

1-210 Microlivestock and Small R

uminants

1-211 Grasscutters / R

abbits

1-212 Sn

ails

1-213 Bees/honey prod

uctio

n1-214 Goats and Sheep

1-220 Sh

ort R

otation Woo

d Crops

Establishm

ent

1-221 Woo

dlot/short ro

tatio

n woo

dy crops

establishm

ent

1-222 Charcoal / Kiln

1-230 Po

st Harvest Technolog

ies

1-231 Maize Postharvest

1-232 Cassava Postharvest

1-233 Honey Postharvest

1-234 Tom

ato Po

stharvest

WBS 20

0 2-

100

GIS

Cap

acity

Enh

ance

men

t2-

110

GIS

Lab

orat

ory

Est

ablis

hmen

t2-

111

Ren

ovat

ion

of P

ropo

sed

GIS

Lab

at

FF

RT

2-11

2 P

rocu

rem

ent a

nd In

stal

latio

n at

FF

RT

2-11

3 P

rocu

rem

ent a

nd In

stal

latio

n at

FR

NR

F/Y5

F/Y1

F/Y2

F/Y3

F/Y4


es to

Enh

ance Resource-Po


Project Implem

entatio

n Plan

61


2-12

0 G

IS C

urric

ulum

Rev

iew

and

D

evel

opm

ent

2-12

1 F

orm

a C

urric

ulum

Com

mitt

ee a

nd

Dev

elop

men

t of

the

Cur

ricul

um2-

122

Sta

keho

lder

s C

urric

ulum

Inpu

t/Rev

iew

W

orks

hop

2-13

0 G

IS W

orks

hop

2-13

1 O

rgan

ise

10 G

IS T

rain

ing

Wor

ksho

ps f

or

KN

US

T S

taff

, NG

Os,

CB

Os

& M

DA

s2-

200

Fac

ulty

Dev

elop

men

t2-

210

Six

Fac

ulty

Tra

ined

2-21

1 S

elec

t FF

RT

Sta

ff m

embe

rs &

MS

c.

Tra

inin

g2-

212

AF

/MS

c2-

213

Ph.

D G

IS (

AF

)2-

214

Soi

l Pla

nt R

elat

ions

/MS

c2-

215

Tax

anom

y / M

Sc

2-21

6 T

ree

Bre

edin

g &

Gen

etic

s /M

Sc

2-21

7 R

ange

Man

agem

ent /

MS

c2-

220

Fiv

e T

echn

icia

ns T

rain

ed2-

221

Tec

hnic

ian

Sel

ectio

n P

roce

ss2-

222

Tax

onom

y S

oil P

lant

(F

FR

T)

2-22

3 P

lant

Pro

tect

ion

(FR

NR

)2-

224

Pla

nt B

reed

ing

& G

enet

ics

(FR

NR

)

2-22

5 R

ange

Man

agem

ent /

Soi

l Pla

nt (

FR

NR

)

2-22

6 G

IS (

FF

RT

)2-

230

Sho

rt T

erm

Ref

resh

er T

rain

ing

of

KN

US

T F

acul

ty2-

231

Gro

up o

f te

n S

tudy

Vis

it to

IIT

A C

entr

e in

B

enin

2-

232

Adm

inis

trat

ive

Man

agem

ent U

pgra

de

Tra

inni

ng2-

233

Com

mun

ity D

evel

opm

ent T

rain

ning

(2)

2-

234

Com

mun

icat

ion

and

Ext

ensi

on

2-23

5 R

BM

/ P

ropo

rsal

Writ

ing

2-24

0 In

tern

al C

onfe

renc

es A

ttend

ance

and

P

artic

ipat

ion

2-24

1 F

ive

Mem

bers

of

CA

NR

at W

orld

A

grof

ores

try

Con

gres

s2-

250

Cur

ricul

um r

evie

w2-

251

For

m c

urric

ulum

rev

iew

com

mitt

ee2-

252

Sta

keho

lder

s in

put/r

evie

w w

orks

hop

2-30

0 S

oil L

abor

ator

y E

nhan

cem

ent

2-31

0 P

urch

ase

and

Inst

alla

tion

of S

oil

Labo

rato

ry E

quip

men

t 2-

311

Pro

cum

ent a

nd In

stal

latio

n2-

320

Fou

r T

rain

ning

Wor

ksho

ps o

n S

oil a

nd

Pla

nt a

naly

sis

or T

echn

ique

s2-

321

Tw

o W

orks

hops

in G

uelp

h2-

322

Tw

o W

orks

hops

in K

umas

i2-

400

Libr

ary

Enh

ance

men

t2-

410

Libr

ary

Enh

ance

men

t Act

iviti

es

F/Y5

F/Y1

F/Y2

F/Y3

F/Y4


es to

Enh

ance Resource-Po


Project Implem

entatio

n Plan

62


2-41

1 University

of G

uelph Library Access

2-41

2 Libraria

n and Group

Training

2-41

3 Six units of w

ireless procured and

subscriptio

n at FFR

T2-

420

Pur

chas

e of

Boo

ks a

nd S

ubcr

iptio

n to

Jo

urna

ls2-

421

Pur

chas

e of

Tex

t Boo

ksW

BS

300

3-10

0 R

evita

lizat

ion

of th

e A

F P

olic

y at

the

Nat

iona

l Lev

el3-

110

Rev

italiz

e th

e A

F P

olic

y 3-111

Establish sm

all com

mittee to

revitalize AF po

licy

3-11

2 Review existing po

licy

3-11

3 Po

licy dialog

ue

3-20

0 In

corp

orat

e A

F in

Dis

tric

t Pla

nnin

g

3-21

0 F

orm

ulat

e A

F S

trat

egie

s fo

r th

e D

istr

ict

3-21

1 Draft and discuss po

tential A

F strategies

3-21

2 Prioritize and fin

alize AF strategies

3-22

0 A

war

enes

s B

uild

ing

of A

F P

olic

y at

the

Com

mun

ity L

evel

3-22

1 Po

licy inform

ation dissem

ination

F/Y5

F/Y1

F/Y2

F/Y3

F/Y4


es to

Enh

ance Resource-Po


Project Implem

entatio

n Plan

63

4.5.

Budget

Tab

le 7 O

utpu

t Bud

get

FY 1

Qtr 1

FY 1

Qtr 2

FY 1

Qtr 3

FY 1

Qtr 4

FY 2

Qtr 1

FY 2

Qtr 2

FY 2

Qtr 3

FY 2

Qtr 4

FY 3

Qtr 1

FY 3

Qtr 2

FY 3

Qtr 3

FY 3

Qtr 4

FY 4

Qtr 1

FY 4

Qtr 2

FY 4

Qtr 3

FY 4

Qtr 4

FY 5

Qtr 1

FY 5

Qtr 2

FY 5

Qtr 3

FY 5

Qtr 4

Totals

In Kind

total

1-100 Enhanced AF Systems

11-

110

Bas

elin

e su

rvey

s25

0025

0025

0025

0010

0010

0010

0010

0015

0015

0015

0015

0020

,000

21-

120

Gen

der

anal

ysis

7000

7000

7000

7000

4563

4563

4562

4562

2587

2587

2588

2588

2587

2587

2588

2588

66,9

503

1-13

0 C

omm

unity

Out

reac

h10

0010

0010

0010

0061

2561

2561

2561

2561

2561

2561

2561

2533

7533

7533

7533

7533

7533

7533

7533

7580

,000

41-

140

GIS

Ana

lysi

s55

0025

0025

0025

0025

0025

0025

0025

0045

0045

0045

0045

0020

0020

0020

0020

0020

0020

0020

0020

0057

,000

20,0

00

51-

150

Nur

sery

Pro

duct

ion

in th

ree

com

mun

ities

5300

5300

5300

5300

5300

5300

5300

5300

5300

5300

5300

5300

5300

5300

5300

5300

5300

5300

5300

5300

106,

000

61-

160

Agr

ofor

estr

y T

echn

olog

y73

0073

0073

0073

0073

0073

0073

0073

0073

0073

0073

0073

0073

0073

0073

0073

0073

0073

0073

0073

0014

6,00

0

71-

170

Non

-For

mal

Tra

inni

ng o

f You

th

in A

grof

ores

try

300

300

300

300

300

300

300

300

300

300

300

300

300

300

300

300

300

300

300

300

6,00

01-200 Increase Community and

Household Income Generation

81-

210

Mic

roliv

esto

ck a

nd S

mal

l R

umin

ants

(S

heep

and

Goa

t)73

0073

0073

0073

0073

0073

0073

0073

0073

0073

0073

0073

0073

0073

0073

0073

0073

0073

0073

0073

0014

6,00

0

91-

220

Sho

rt R

otat

ion

Woo

d C

rops

2800

2800

2800

2800

2800

2800

2800

2800

2800

2800

2800

2800

2800

2800

2800

2800

2800

2800

2800

2800

56,0

0010

1-23

0 P

ost H

arve

st T

echn

olog

ies

3500

3500

3500

3500

3500

3500

3500

3500

3500

3500

3500

3500

3500

3500

3500

3500

56,0

00Sub-Total W

BS 100

739,950


112-

110

Labo

rato

ry E

stab

lishm

ent

4350

043

500

4350

043

500

174,

000

122-

120

GIS

Cur

ricul

um D

evel

opm

ent

2000

2000

2000

2000

8,00

015

,000

132-

130

GIS

Wor

ksho

p21

0021

0021

0021

0021

0021

0021

0021

0021

0021

0021

0021

0021

0021

0021

0021

0021

0021

0021

0021

0042

,000

2-200 Faculty Development

142-

210

Six

Fac

ulty

Tra

ined

1050

095

0095

0095

0095

0095

0095

0095

0095

0095

0095

0095

0095

0095

0095

0095

0095

0095

0095

0095

0019

1,00

065

,000

152-

220

Fiv

e T

echn

icia

ns T

rain

ed32

0032

0032

0032

0032

0032

0032

0032

0032

0032

0032

0032

0032

0032

0032

0032

0032

0032

0032

0032

0064

,000

30,0

00

162-

230

Sho

rt T

erm

Ref

resh

er T

rain

ing

of K

NU

ST

Fac

ulty

3500

3500

3500

3500

1000

1000

1000

1000

18,0

00

172-

240

Inte

rnat

iona

l Con

fere

nces

A

ttend

ance

and

Par

ticip

atio

n37

5037

5037

5037

5015

,000

182-

250

Cur

ricul

um R

evie

w -

BS

c F

ores

t R

esou

rce

Tec

hnol

ogy

2000

2000

2000

2000

8,00

02-300 Soil Laboratory Enhancement

192-

310

Pur

chas

e an

d In

stal

latio

n of

Soi

l La

bora

tory

Equ

ipm

ent

71,0

0015

,000

Community Development-Poverty Alleviation in the Target Communities (WBS 100)

Capacity Enhancement (WBS 200)


es to

Enh

ance Resource-Po


Project Implem

entatio

n Plan

64

FY 1

Qtr 1

FY 1

Qtr 2

FY 1

Qtr 3

FY 1

Qtr 4

FY 2

Qtr 1

FY 2

Qtr 2

FY 2

Qtr 3

FY 2

Qtr 4

FY 3

Qtr 1

FY 3

Qtr 2

FY 3

Qtr 3

FY 3

Qtr 4

FY 4

Qtr 1

FY 4

Qtr 2

FY 4

Qtr 3

FY 4

Qtr 4

FY 5

Qtr 1

FY 5

Qtr 2

FY 5

Qtr 3

FY 5

Qtr 4

Totals

In Kind

total

202-

320

Fou

r T

rain

ning

Wor

ksho

ps o

n S

oil a

nd P

lant

ana

lysi

s or

Tec

hniq

ues

750

750

750

750

750

750

750

750

6,00


212-

410

Libr

ary

Enh

ance

men

t Act

iviti

es18

5018

5018

5018

5030

030

030

030

030

030

030

030

030

030

030

030

011

,000

30,0

00

222-

420

Pur

chas

e of

Boo

ks a

nd

Sub

crip

tion

to J

ourn

als

2100

2100

2100

2100

2100

2100

2100

2100

2100

2100

2100

2100

2100

2100

2100

2100

2100

2100

2100

2100

42,0

00Sub-Total (WBS 200)

650,000

175,000

3-100 Revitalization of the AF Policy at the National Level

233-

110

Rev

italiz

e th

e A

F P

olic

y65

065

065

065

065

065

065

065

070

070

070

070

08,

000

3-200 Incorporate AF in District Planning

243-

210

For

mul

ate

AF

S

trat

egie

s fo

r th

e D

istr

ict

1000

1000

1000

1000

500

500

500

500

6,00

0

25A

F P

olic

y at

the

Com

mun

ity

Leve

lSub-Total W

BS 300

14,000

Equ

ipm

ents

TOTAL COSTS

1,403,950

175,000


es to

Enh

ance Resource-Po


Project Implem

entatio

n Plan

65

Tab

le 8 Inp

ut Bud

get

CI Administration Personnel

Pro

ject

Dire

ctor

$164

,000

Pro

ject

Man

ager

$216

,000

Ass

ocia

te V

P R

esea

rch

and

Inte

rnat

iona

l Rel

atio

ns$1

8,00

0C

hief

Fin

anci

al O

ffic

er$3

6,00

0O

AC

Dea

n$1

8,00

0P

roje

ct S

ecre

tary

$144

,000

Com

pute

r su

ppor

t Sta

ff$1

5,00

0P

urch

asin

g O

ffic

er$1

8,00

0R

idge

tow

n A

gric

ultu

ral C

olle

ge D

irect

or$2

4,00

0Administration/Management Subtotal including in kind

Total

$653,000

CI Administration/management personnel 50% cash component

$326,500

CI Implementation Personnel

Tw

o A

F s

peci

alis

ts$2

74,0

00G

ende

r S

peci

alis

t$1

50,0

00G

IS s

peci

alis

t$1

40,0

00A

quat

ic B

iolo

gist

(10

0% in

kin

d)$4

8,00

0S

oil S

cien

test

(10

0% in

kin

d)$4

8,00

0P

olic

y A

naly

st (

100%

in k

ind)

$48,

000

CI Implementation Personnel including in kind

Total

$708,000

CI Implementation Personnel 50% cash component

$282,000

Sub-Total Personnel and Fees including in kind

$1,361,000

Cash Component from CIDA

$608,500

Con

sulta

nt f

ee(q

ualit

y co

ntro

l)$7

0,00

0Sub-Total in kind Administration/Im

plementation

$752,500

Grand Total(cash component from CIDA)

$678,500

Tot

al tr

avel

exp

ense

s 6

year

s$2

53,6

60

Sub-Total Travel all cash

$253

,660

Personnel

Travel Expenses (Airfare, Airport Taxes, Insurance, Local Transportation, Taxis, Accommadation, Meals and Incidentals)


es to

Enh

ance Resource-Po


Project Implem

entatio

n Plan

66

Mat

eria

ls, S

uppl

ies,

Rep

ort P

rodu

ctio

n, C

omm

unic

atio

n, F

acill

ity R

enta

ls, P

hoto

copi

ng, P

rintin

g, C

ater

ing

$60,

000

Gha

na M

anag

emen

t Exp

ense

s ov

er 5

yea

rs$9

0,00

0

Sub-Total Operations all cash

$150,000

Veh

icle

Pur

chas

e$35,000

Com

pute

r P

urch

ase

and

GIS

lab

reno

vatio

n$1

78,0

00*

Soi

l Lab

enh

ance

men

t and

equ

ipm

ent p

urch

ase

$75,

000

*Li

brar

y B

ook

Pur

chas

e$5

0,00

0*

Inte

rnet

Web

site

and

Lab

top

$11,

000

*A

grof

ores

try

Pos

t Har

vest

tech

nolo

gy e

quip

men

t$6

0,00

0*

Sub-Total Equipment

$409

,000

*The

se e

xpen

ses

are

incl

uded

in th

e ou

tput

bud

get

Other

Uni

vers

ity O

verh

ead

(12%

)$3

06,0

00P

IP a

dvan

ce r

ecei

ved

from

CID

A$1

00,0

00C

ontin

ganc

y $7

2,89

0Sub-Total Other all cash

$478,890

Totals

CIDA cash component

Inpu

t$1

,596

,050

Out

put

$1,4

03,9

50Subtotal Cash component

$3,000,000

In kind Component

Inpu

t$7

52,5

00O

utpu

t$1

75,0

00Subtotal inkind component

$927,500

DCETO Contribution

$436

,760

Project Total

$4,364,260

Italic

= c

ash

cont

ribut

ions

fro

m C

IDA

Operating Expenses Ghana/Canada(Materials, Supplies, Report Production, Communication, Facillity Rentals, Photocoping, Printing, Catering)

Equipment Costs (PCs, Laptops, Server, Software, Printer, Fax Machine, W

ebsite, W

ireless Internet)


es to

Enh

ance Resource-Po


Project Implem

entatio

n Plan

67

5. Project Information

5.1.

Performance Measurement Framework

Tab

le 9 Perform

ance M

easuremen

t Framew

ork

Outpu

t level

results

Perform

ance in

dicators Data source

Collection

metho

ds

Frequ

ency

Respo

nsible

1.1. In

creased

adop

tion of AF

system

s

Increased number o

f men, w

omen and you

th

practic

ing agroforestry

and increased access to

AF techno

logy options

National p

olicies

Parliamentary

record/ W

hite

papers

Participant

surveys:

• Baseline

surveys

• Rapid app

raisal

repo

rts

District p

lans

Docum

ent analysis

Stakeholder

surveys

Key in

form

ant

interviews

Semi-

annu

ally/ann

ually

Executin

g partners

(UG/KNUST

) Collabo

ratin

g partners

• MoF

A

• FS

D

• Mun

icipal

Assem

bly

• District

Assem

bly

Sub-project leaders

1.2. In

creased

commun

ity and

ho

usehold income

generatio

n capacity

Relative increases in

income from

AF-related

practic

es

2.1 GIS capacity

enhanced

Num

ber o

f trained

individuals/organizatio

ns

(CBO/N

GO) u

sing GIS

databases

Num

bers of

students/faculty using

GIS labo

ratory


es to

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ance Resource-Po


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entatio

n Plan

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2.2 Faculty

capacity enh

anced

At least 6 fa

culty

trained

(M.Sc./Ph.D.) and hired

by KNUST

At least 5 KNUST

technicians trained and

working with

faculty

in

AF research

Tim

ely deliv

ery of

prop

osed sub-project

R&D re

sults by KNUST

faculty

involved

Records of

stakeholder

participation

College academic

records

Library re

cords

Laboratory records

Sub-project reports

Curriculum

review

s Exp

ert assignm

ent

repo

rts

Ann

ual w

orkp

lans

Financial reports

and bu

dgets

2.3 So

il labo

ratory

capacity enh

anced

Num

ber o

f students/faculty using

labo

ratory

Quality and qu

antity

improvem

ents in

soil

analysis


es to

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ance Resource-Po


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entatio

n Plan

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2.4 Library

capacity enh

anced

Increased access to

inform

ation by

students/staff

3.1 National A

F po

licy revitaliz

ed

National A

F po

licy

prom

ulgated by

Pa

rliament

3.2 AF po

licy

incorporated in

district plann

ing

District and lo

cal

authorities use national

AF po

licy as guidelin

es

in th

eir p

lann

ing

processes

Outcome Level results

Poverty alleviation

in th

ree target

commun

ities

Relative change in

mens’, w

omens’ and

youths’ incom

e between

AF adopters and non-

adopters

Perceived contribu

tion

of AF to in

dividual,

household and

community

social capita

l

Baseline

assessment reports

College re

cords

Research

publications

Project d

ocum

ents

GPR

S repo

rt

MoF

A re

ports

Docum

ent analysis

Stakeholder

surveys

Ann

ually

Executin

g partners

(UG/KNUST

) Collabo

ratin

g partners

• MoF

A

• FS

D

• Mun

icipal

Assem

bly

• District

Assem

bly

KNUST

as a

Centre of

Excellence in W

est

Africa deliv

ering

AF

Num

ber o

f international/n

ational

graduate and

undergradu

ate stud

ent

enrollm

ents

Num

ber o

f research

prod

ucts


es to

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ance Resource-Po


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entatio

n Plan

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National A

F po

licy

in place

AF more widely

identified as one of the

principal land-use

strategies which will

contribu

te to

meetin

g the

rural transform

ation

objective of th

e GPR

S

Impa

ct

Enh

anced

livelihoo

ds fo

r resource-poo

r men,

wom

en and

you

th

in Ghana

A significant re

duction

in th

e prop

ortio

n of th

e popu

latio

n who

live on

less th

an $1 a day

A significant in

crease in

environm

ental

sustainability for

livelihoo

ds as measured

by bush-fire in

cidence

Project record:

• Baseline

assessment

repo

rts

• Project

documentatio

n •

Surveys of

Project

Beneficiaries

and

Participants

GPR

S indicator

mon

itoring

database

Qualitative and

Quantita

tive

Stakeholder

Surveys

3-5 years after

project termination

Executin

g and

collabo

ratin

g partners

National

Develop

ment

Planning

Com

mission



5.3. Performance Reporting Framework The Reporting Strategy is stated in part E of the Contribution Agreement.

5.4. Annual Work Planning The annual work plan will be drawn up in close consultation with the Ghanaian project team and stakeholders at the annual project progress meeting to be held annually just prior to the end of the fiscal year (before the end of March). This meeting will be held either in Canada or in Ghana in annually. In order to keep the cost low extra effort will be taken to coincide these meetings with project activities/project related travel. The first work plan will be produced on approval of this project implementation plan.



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