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I
– ADDRESS
P.O. Box
KS 7728 Kumasi Ghana
Tel +233 51 33 159 ; Fax +233 51 25 835
Email : rtip@africaonline.com.gh
II
– TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
| Duration |
2004-2009 |
| Amount |
29.270.000
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III
– OBJECTIVES
The main
objective of this six-year programme is to enhance household food security
and the income of resource-poor smallholder households by providing them
with the means to boost their land and labour producti vity through crop-production
systems based on roots and tubers.
Specific
objectives are to:
- increase
the availability of new but proven technologies;
- strengthen
and improve the delivery mechanisms for providing know-how on appropriate
new technologies for root and tuber crops;
- promote
awareness of the relevance of existing technologies and improve husbandry
skills;
- increase
farmers' involvement in the identification of areas where further research
is needed and develop appropriate technologies with their collaboration;
- assist
local people in developing small-scale enterprises based on root and
tuber crops and
- strengthen
community and district-level institutions in organizing farmers into
groups and associations.
Programme
components are:
- multiplication
and distribution of improved planting materials;
- integrated
pest management, including biological control;
- on-farm
adaptive research and
- community
support and mobilization.
IV–
INTERVENTION AREAS
The programme
will focus on resource-poor smallholders whose average income is below
the poverty line. About 400 000 farm households will directly benefit
from the provision of improved planting materials.
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