Agrihouse Foundation in collaboration with The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), and Ghana Inclusive Agriculture Transformation(GIAT) have commenced four days of capacity training for smallholder farmers in the northern region in sustaining a healthy garden.
The training which took off today at Agrihous-Agrivillage Bamvim in the Northern Region saw 12 district officers trained in soil sterilization, nutrition bed preparation, space management, and preparation of organic pesticides.
These 12 Extention officers are expected to assist technical lead trainers from Accra and Kumasi to train the 600 women under the 1household 1graden (1H1G) initiative in the Northern Region.
These women were selected via both online and traditional registration to be trained on backyard garden sustainability to bridge household food security. These women were selected from six districts namely: Sagnerigu, Karaga, Mion, Yendi Gushegu, and Nanton.
The 1H1G started in 2020 during the covid-19 time to train and assisted household individuals to produce food in a garden manner to contribute to food security.
Two years down the line, a lot of households have benefited from this initiative urging the organizers to expand the initiative to the rest of the country.
The training funded by (USAID) under the 1Household 1Garden (1H1G) initiative is to provide insight into gardens and boost local food production, mitigate the adverse impacts of current global food shocks and food price volatilities, and enhance household food security and nutrition.
In all the 1H1G initiative will be implemented in 17 districts in the Northern, North East, Upper West, and Upper East Regions of Ghana. It will train 2,000 households and 10 public schools on backyard farming and organic compost preparation.
The beneficiaries will also receive trays of vegetable seedlings, seeds, gardening tools, organic fertilizers, and pesticides.
