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GROW Learning Series

The GROW Learning Series is a set of documents developed by MEDA to provide best practices and learnings from our Greater Rural Opportunities for Women (GROW) project in Ghana, an initiative focused on women’s economic empowerment and food security in northern Ghana.

Key themes include

Promoting women into leadership roles, such as Lead Farmers who train others in good agricultural practices
Adapting service provision, such as offering business training for women with mobility restrictions
Connecting farmers and producers to gender-inclusive intermediaries, such as Women Sales Agents
Linking producers and businesses to financial services, from savings groups to impact investments

Women's Economic Empowerment (EN/FR)

5407 downloads

341 views

3.47 MB

Time Use and Women's Work Learning Paper (EN/FR)

1700 downloads

100 views

3.75 MB

Technical Assistance to Financial Service Providers (EN/FR)

4975 downloads

155 views

3.20 MB

Women Sales Agent Case Study (EN/FR)

2856 downloads

217 views

1.24 MB

Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) in Northern Ghana (EN/FR)

16925 downloads

763 views

2.51 MB

Putting Technology into the Hands of Women Impact Study (EN/FR)

5220 downloads

118 views

3.25 MB

Piloting Crop Insurance with Woman Farmers (EN/FR)

4462 downloads

122 views

911.66 KB

Nutrition and Food Security (EN/FR)

5860 downloads

497 views

1.92 MB

Land Tenure Case Study (EN/FR)

4681 downloads

515 views

2.26 MB

GROW's Male Gender Activists (EN/FR)

2863 downloads

282 views

3.10 MB

Conservation Agriculture Case Study (EN/FR)

4180 downloads

456 views

4.08 MB

Conservation Agriculture Case Study (Summary Version) (EN/FR)

5940 downloads

286 views

5.26 MB

Greater Rural Opportunities for Women (GROW): A Multifaceted approach to poverty alleviation at scale

Authors: Jennifer Denomy, Jennifer Gurbin Harley

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.

Funder

This program was undertaken with the financial support of the Government of Canada provided through Global Affairs Canada.

MEDA – Mennonite Economic Development Associates – is an international economic development organization that creates business solutions to poverty.

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Mennonite Economic Development Associates is a 501(c)(3) status non-profit organization in the United States: EIN 23-7398678. Mennonite Economic Development Associates of Canada is a registered charity in Canada: No. 107 691 057 RR0001.