Sustainable livelihoods: Linking sustainable agriculture and organic waste to social protection and decent work for unemployed youth, smallholder and women farmers in the savanna ecological zones of Bongo Ahafo and Northern regions

Call for proposal: EuropeAid/158242/DD/ACT/GH

Role: Partner

Responsible for UniBS: Prof. Mentore Vaccari – Department of Civil, Environmental, Architectural Engineering and Mathematics

Contact: mentore.vaccari@unibs.it

Start date 01/06/2019 – End date 31/05/2023

Abstract

Overall objective: Contributing to reducing the economic, social and climate change-related vulnerability of rural communities living in Ghana savannah ecosystem region. Specific objective: Enhancing the capacities of small-scale farmers to access research, best practices and innovation for the sustainable and inclusive development of the savannah ecosystem in Brong Ahafo and Northern regions.

Participants
  • COOPERAZIONE INTERNAZIONALE SUD-SUD (CISS) (Coordinator), Italy
  • UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI BRESCIA, Italy
  • NECPAD – Network For Community Planning And Development, Ghana
  • UENR – University of Energy and Natural Resources, Ghana
  • KNUSR – Technology Consultancy Centre (TCC) of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON, Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, UK
  • COMPLAN CONSULT, Ghana
  • Away4Africa, The Netherlands
  • Brong Ahafo Regional Coordinating Council, Ghana
  • Northern Regional Coordinating Council, Ghana
  • Upper West Regional Coordinating Council, Ghana
  • Upper East Region Regional Coordinating Council, Ghana
  • International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG), Brazil

Total project cost: € 2,060,000.00

Overall funding assigned to UniBS: € 123,250.00

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