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Poverty alleviation fund Managers, SEND-Ghana has begun disbursing a 700,000 Canadian Dollar package as loans to small holder farmers in the eastern corridor of the Northern Region.<\/p>\n

So far, a sum of GHC 454,950 has been disbursed to 800 small holder farmers comprising 449 men and 351 women in the Kpandai, Nanumba North and East Gonja districts.<\/p>\n

Depending on the size of the farmlands, each beneficiary received between GHC450 and GHC900 cedis subject to repaying within nine months.<\/p>\n

This is meant to intensify pro-poor interventions implemented by SEND-Ghana and its collaborators to improve the livelihoods of rural dwellers whose economic main stay is agriculture.<\/p>\n

The recipients are allowed to cultivate any crops of their own choice but it is the desire of SEND-Ghana that premium will be placed on soya bean production.<\/p>\n

The production of soya bean in large quantities is targeted at reducing nutrition deficiency which is prevalent in deprived communities in Northern Ghana and to also serve as means of maximizing the profit margins of the recipients.<\/p>\n

The targeted districts are Kpandai, East Gonja, Nanumba North and South districts, Krachi-Nchumuru, Zabzugu-Korli, Tatale Sanguli and Chereponi.<\/p>\n

SEND Ghana\u2019s Director of livelihoods and food security development-Raymond Avatim told Citi News over eight million Canadian Dollars has been secured for the implementation of a five year project codenamed, \u201cFood security through Co-operatives in Northern Ghana\u201d (FOSTERING).<\/p>\n

He disclosed that the FOSTERING project will be piloted in Kpandai, Nanumba North and East Gonja districts which will scale up to the other five districts within the five years period.<\/p>\n

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Some beneficiaries of SEND Ghana’s loans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Raymond Avatim declared that the project will be consistent with the African Union Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) in line with Ghana\u2019s Medium Term Agriculture Investment Plan (METASIP) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) strategy for Ghana.<\/p>\n

To avoid misappropriation of the loan fund, he said a committee has been mandated to administer the approval and disbursement to recipients.<\/p>\n

According to Raymond Avatim, the leftover of the eight million Canadian Dollars package will be used for creating market access, strengthening of farmer Cooperatives and Credit Unions, Gender Advocacy and Peace building.<\/p>\n

Funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Canada (DFATD), the project is being spearheaded by SEND-Ghana in collaboration with the Canadian Co-operative Association (CCA) and the Ghana Co-operative Credit Union Association (CUA).<\/p>\n

Madam Linda Adufude and Mr. Sebewie M. Lawal who have benefited from a similar loan fund confirmed that their livelihoods have been improved.<\/p>\n

Madam Linda was delighted that she succeeded in educating two of her children who are both gainfully employed.<\/p>\n

She commended SEND-Ghana and its collaborators for restoring her family hope in life and urged the current beneficiaries to timely repay their loans for onward disbursement to others.<\/p>\n

Mr. Sebewie M. Lawal said he used the loan to move from subsistence to commercial farming which has improved his family\u2019s livelihood.<\/p>\n

He boasted of large size of maize, soya bean and yam farms as well as livestock.<\/p>\n

Mr. Lawal described SEND-Ghana as his savior and expected that the intervention will be sustained to completely eradicate poverty in Northern Ghana.<\/p>\n

Dum Mark Barkung, SEND-Ghana\u2019s Community Development Officer in charge of the Kpandai zone was spotted at Kabonwule disbursing the loans to beneficiaries there.<\/p>\n

He explained that a minute fraction of the disbursed loans was deducted for tractor services, seeds and inoculants.<\/p>\n

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By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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