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14 SHARED INTEREST FOUNDATION ANNUAL REVIEW 2022
Soilless farming: Ghana
Increasing economic opportunities for women through soilless farming
LOCATION:
PARTICIPANTS:
Ghana
60 basket weavers
In February 2021, we launched an
innovative project in northern Ghana,
supporting female basket weavers
to diversity their income through the
production of vegetables using a
soilless farming technique.
Working in partnership with a local
organisation, TradeAID Integrated,
this project has supported the
refurbishment of a warehouse where
the vegetables are washed and
stored and we have helped establish
six vegetable farms.
Sixty basket weavers have been
trained in rural entrepreneurship
and soilless farming techniques.
To increase TradeAID Integrated’s
technical capacity in this new farming
method, we also collaborated
with the University of Ghana Crop
Science Department. Professors
from the University provided practical
training to employees from TradeAID
Integrated and they will provide
ongoing mentoring and field visits.
We also secured funding to
implement drip irrigation systems
across each farm, supplying a
timely and accurate volume of water
directly to the vegetable plant roots.
This activity began in September
2022, helping to maintain year-round
production and achieve a more
reliable food supply.
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TradeAID Integrated project participants
No Poverty (1), Gender
Equality (5), Climate Action
(13), Partnerships for the
Goals (17)
> TradeAID Integrated project participant Akolpogbila Apalawanya holding harvested vegetables on a farm in Ghana