Ghana: Gender Action plan

FP114: Program on Affirmative Finance Action for

Women in Africa (AFAWA): Financing Climate Resilient Agricultural Practices in Ghana

Ghana | AfDB | B.23/10

5 September 2019

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V.	PROPOSED GENDER ACTION PLAN
Activities	Indicators and Targets	Timeline	Responsibilities	Costs in USD
Impact Statement: Improved living conditions of families and women in particular, especially those in rural areas involved in agriculture sector
Outcome Statement: Improved business opportunities for women involved in climate resilient agricultural production and transformation
Output(s) Statement: 1. Increased access of women to and control over land and agricultural products
Activities	Indicators & Targets	Timeline	Responsible
1. Organise the sensitizations campaigns on women &	Number of ministries, departments and	By 5 year	Selected CSO partner	Covered under TA
girls' rights to access to and control over land	agencies (MDAs), local authorities and		in close coordination	budget for
	institutions reached by the campaign; target is		with Ministry of	regulatory
	to reach out to at least 50 key stakeholders in		Gender, Children and	strengthening
	different MDAs and local authorities and		Social Protection
	institutions		(MoGCSP)
	Number of female trainers trained: Target -			Covered under TA
2. Training of female trainers (ToTs) to formalise	50ToTs	By 5 years	Selected partner for	budget for CRA
women-led MSMEs and FBAs to facilitate a			implementing activity	adoption practices
collective access to land and access to finance for				and technology
climate resilient agricultural practices				uptake
				Covered under TA
	Number of female land reform legislators	By year 5		budget for
3. Strengthening of regulatory framework for co-land	trained: Target is to train at least 50 female	Legislative assembly	regulatory
registration and land titles in the names of both	land reform legislators. At least 10 per year in			strengthening
partners	each training workshop			Budgeted for in
	Number of women using technology,		Selected CSO partner	the LoC
4. Support women's access to agricultural technology	By 5 year	Component
Target: 400 women-led MSMEs/FBAs.
from agricultural production to transformation		Budgeted for in
	Number of women-led MSMEsand FBAs		Selected CSO partner	the LoC
5. Provide processing equipment, packaging equipment	By year 5	Component
beneficiaries of equipment's: Targets : 400	in close coordination
and storage facilities to women-led MSMEs	Women-led MSMEs and FBAs		with Ministry of
			Gender, Children and
			Social Protection

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6. Capacity-building of gender-desks, Ministry of Food and Agriculture and The Ministry of Gender

Output 2: Increased number of women-led MSMEs and FBAs in agricultural value chain

Activities

1. Sensitization of women in informal business on the benefits of SME registration
2. Organisation of training for women in the elaboration of bankable proposals.
3. Sensitize the FI on Consulting and proposing the financial products adapted to the needs and living conditions of women

4.Sensitize and support women-led MSMEs to enrollment in the index-based agricultural insurance schemes;

5. Sensitize and Award Financial institutions to commit to lending to women-led SMEs

Number of Staff in the ministry trained on gender issues: Target: 50 staff trained on gender issues such as gender budgeting

Number of additional women in informal agric-business ventures sensitized on benefits of SME registration. Target: 50 additional women in informal agric-business ventures sensitized

Number of women trained in proposal development. Target: 400 women-led MSMEs and FBAs trained in the elaboration of bankable proposals

Number of FIs staff sensitised on proposing specific financial products for women; Target: 20 FI staff sensitised

Number of women-led MSMEs sensitized to enroll in the GIRSAL index-based agricultural schemes. Target: 400 women-led MSMEs/FBAs

By Year 5

By 5 year

By 5 year

By 5 year

By 5year

(MoGCSP)

Selected CSO Partner Covered under TA budget for regulatory strengthening

Selected CSO partner	Covered under TA
	budget for FIs &
	MSMEs/FBAs
	support for
	programme
	implementation
Selected CSO partner	Covered under TA
	budget for FIs &
	MSMEs/FBAs
	supportfor
	programme
	implementation
	Covered under TA
Selected Implementing	budget for FIs &
partner	MSMEs/FBAs
	support for
	programme
	implementation
	Covered under TA
	budget for CRA
Selected Implementing	adoption practices
partner	and technology
	uptake
	Covered under TA
	budget for CRA
	adoption practices
Bank of Ghana &	and technology

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Output 3: Increased climate resilience agricultural adoption practices and use among women-led MSMEs

Activities

1. Sensitize women-led MSMEs to adopt and use climate resilience agricultural practices in their areas
2. Connect women farmers to information regarding weather, markets and finance by providing them with an overview of the agricultural value chain
3. Support green growth initiatives of women across the entire agricultural value chain
4. Training of women-led agribusiness enterprises to shift to agricultural value chains that are better aligned with a changing climate.

Number of FIs sensitized and awarded for	By 5 year
lending to women-led SME. Target: 50
sensitized; top 3 awarded (Award to Tbd)

Number of women-led MSMEs adopting and	By 5 year
using resilience agricultural practices
Target: 400 women-led MSMEs and FBAs
sensitized
Number of women farmers connected to	By 5 year
information on weather, market and finance;
Target: 400 women-led MSMEs/FBAs
connected
Number of women supported	By 5 year
Target: 400 women-led MSMEs/FBAs

Number of women-led agribusiness aligned	By 5year
with a changing climate. Target: 400 women-
led MSMEs/FBAs

African development	uptake
bank

	Covered under TA
	budget for CRA
	adoption practices
Selected CSO partner	and technology
uptake
	Covered under TA
	budget for CRA
Selected Implementing	adoption practices
and technology
partner	uptake
	Covered under TA
	budget for CRA
Selected Implementing	adoption practices
and technology
partner	uptake
	Covered under TA
	budget for CRA
Selected Implementing	adoption practices
and technology
partner	uptake