Agro-forestry Practices to Enhance Resource-Poor Livelihoods

Results achieved as of the end of the project May 2014 include: (1) number of people practicing various agroforestry technologies have increased from 53.4% in 2007 to 155% in 2013; (2) a 92% increase in lands under cultivation; (3) poverty reduced in 854 households through agroforestry practices income generation activities value-addition of agriculture commodities and partnership with private agricultural entrepreneurs; (4) women’s participation in agroforestry activities has increased by 50% since 2006 bringing the total women participation to 82%; (5) an estimated 700 community school children are now engaged in agroforestry activities; (6) job creation increased by 50% through enhanced income-generating livelihood activities resulting in estimated 98% employed persons in the communities and (7) two Geographic Information System (GIS) centres and a soil and plant laboratory were established positioning KNUST as the Center of Excellence in West Africa. These have contributed to enhance livelihoods for resource-poor men women and youth in Ghana.