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Use Management Services |
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Project cost:
TBD
Project Status: Through a grant from
OVF USA the cooperative was able to secure a commitment
from the federal government of Ghana towards the purchase
of "Palm Oil and Palm Kennel Oil Processing Plant"
The option of a Multipurpose Modern Oil mill was carefully
chosen as there are none in the local area and for this
reason it has the potential to generate substantial
income for the cooperative. more about the co-op.
More info: Overview
Needs: Modern equipment for farming
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Project Name: Jukwa
Farmers Coop
Location: Jukwa, Ghana
Vision:
A thriving market in Africa to produce healthy
food sustainably. Smallholder farming
as an alternative to the current corporate agribusiness
model reducing poverty and ensuring quality food production
through cooperative and integrated farming practices
that empower small farmers.
Project Design and Rationale: Work
with rural and semi-urban communities in identifying
economically viable organic farming operations. We are
identifying global organic farming network and technology
to build the model for self-sustaining community living.
By sustaining the small communities, many of them are
in the rural areas in the developing countries, migration
from the rural area to urban area would be corrected
which will contribute into the balance growth of the
human evolution.
Goals:
1. Provide a livelihood for local farmers using the
land sustainably while providing healthy food.
2. Expand to other communities in the oneVillage Foundation
network, identifying where ecological devastation is
occurring and organizing communities to bring and end
to those practices and restore the land - restorative
economics.
3. Teach villagers and farmers how to market traditionally-produced
crops as organic, and how to do the record keeping necessary
for organic certification.
Target Groups: African Farmers
Picture gallery:
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The coop is pictured here
with OVF founder Joy Tang |
Signing of contact between
OVF and Coop |
Completion of
signing ceremony |
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