By
Sumaiya Salifu Saeed, GNA
Ho, Oct. 11, GNA – The Global Action for Women
Empowerment (GLOWA) a non-governmental organization has started engaging about
800 rural women in the Adaklu District to empower them in sustainable
Agriculture.
Mr Abdul Hakim Issaka, Project Coordinator,
GLOWA, said the five-year project was to create employment opportunities for
women in rural communities, reduce poverty and enhance livelihoods.
Speaking at a day’s training workshop for the
women in livestock rearing and compost making, he said sustainable Agriculture
has become very important in producing long-term crops and livestock while
having minimal effects on the environment.
Mr Issaka said the women were being assisted
to practice climate resilient sustainable Agriculture, an improved way of
farming, to help mitigate effects of climate change.
He said with funding from the Dutch Ministry
of Foreign Affairs through Action Aid Ghana, they hope to economically empower
6000 women in five regions from eight districts by the end of 2020.
Mr Godson Davor, Veterinary Officer, Adaklu
District, advised the women to practice good management system and opt for a
semi-intensive system when rearing animals.
He said through that system, they could easily
collect manure from the livestock to be used on their farms as organic manure,
which would also help protect the environment.
Mr Davor cautioned them against livestock
grazing on bushes that had been sprayed with chemicals and asked them to
develop good rapport with the veterinary office to keep their livestock
healthy.
Madam Elizabeth Boamah Wormenor, Officer,
Women in Agriculture Development (WIAD), said unpaid care work had made it
difficult for women to be economically empowered.
She said since Agriculture was the main source
of income for rural women, they were advocating for a reduction in hours spent
daily in unpaid care work to allow for the women to tend to economically viable
enterprises.
GNA