| Information Sheet of Rice Related Project/Program in CARD First Group Countries | |||||||||||
| 1. Country | Ghana | ||||||||||
| 2. Title (Full name) | Inland Valleys Rice Development Project | ||||||||||
| 3. Project Location | Brong-Ahafo, Ashanti, Eastern, Western, Central Regions | ||||||||||
| 4. Type of project | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1. Grant, 2. Loan, 3. Technical Coop./Assistance, 4. National budget, 5. Private sector | |||||||||||
| 5. Field of support | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 1. Policy, 2. R & D, 3. Extension & Training, 4. Production, 5. Marketing 6. Post-harvest, 7. Irrigation, 8. Credit, 9. Seed, 10. Other ( specify below ) |
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| 6. Fund sources (Funding agency) |
AfDB | ||||||||||
| 7. Budget | UA 15 million | ||||||||||
| 8. Project duration | Start: | 17/02/2004 | |||||||||
| (dd/mm/yy) | End: | 30/06/2009 (may postpone to June 2011) | |||||||||
| 9. Goal and objectives | Goal: | To enhance food security, reduce importation of rice and increase imcomes of small holder rice producers | |||||||||
| Obj.: | To increase incomes of smallholder rice producers, rice traders and processors by increasing the production of good quality local rice | ||||||||||
| 10. Target beneficiaries | Direct: | Smallholder rice producers, rice traders and processors | |||||||||
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| 11. Project component (activities) | 1. | Land management | |||||||||
| 2. | Credit for crop development | ||||||||||
| 3. | Capacity building | ||||||||||
| 4. | Adaptive research and surveys | ||||||||||
| 5. | Project coordination | ||||||||||
| 12. Expected results (outputs) | 1. | 4,500 ha is developed within 25 inland valleys across 17 districts in 5 regions. | |||||||||
| 2. | 200 km feeder road is rehabilitated and 80 km access tracks is improved. | ||||||||||
| 3. | 60,000 mt (36,000 mt of good quality milled rice) is produced. | ||||||||||
| 4. | 450 farmer groups is formed. | ||||||||||
| 5. | 9,000 farmers (1,600 women) and 40 men and 150 women rice millers and traders are directly benefited. | ||||||||||
| 13. Inputs | 1. | Interim management team (4 members) since end-June 2007 | |||||||||
| 2. | team leader & rice production specialist | ||||||||||
| 3. | post-harvest and marketing specialist | ||||||||||
| 4. | water management engineer | ||||||||||
| 5. | financial controller | ||||||||||
| 14. Implementing agency | Directorate of Crop Service, Ministry of Food and Agriculture | ||||||||||
| 15. Status of the project | 3 | 1. Pipeline, 2. Approved, 3. On-going, 4. Completed | |||||||||
| 16. Issues/problems | Delay of the implementation. A reconstituted project steering committee will provide policy guidance and direction for smooth implementation of the project. | ||||||||||
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