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How did the Greater Rural Opportunities for Women (GROW) project reach over 23,000 smallholder farmers in northern Ghana and achieve impact? This case study describes the project’s multifaceted approach to poverty reduction, which combined adaptive management and a comprehensive communications strategy to work toward poverty alleviation at scale.
This case study examines GROW’s Women Sales Agent (WSA) model as one of several methodologies to achieve project goals of increased market linkages and sustainability
Increasing Women Farmers’ Access to Financial Services The GROW project used a combination of formal and informal financial services to meet the needs of clients
Women in northern Ghana have limited access to agricultural technology and are forced to do most of their farming activities manually, from clearing land to
Most of the population in Ghana’s Upper West farm maize and soybeans, and farming is the primary economic activity for the women in the region.
GROW’s ultimate goal was to improve food security for 20,000 women farmers and their families in the Upper West Region of Ghana. Project activities centered
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