Upper West Agricultural Development Project
UWADEP
General Presentation
The Upper West Agricultural Development Project (UWADEP) is essentially an integrated rural development package designed to assist smallholders in the Upper West Region(UWR) to ’leapfrog’ across the poverty divide. The project covers the entire Upper west Region of Ghana which is divided into 8 administrative districts. These are Lawra, Jirapa-Lambuissie, Tumu, Nadowli, Wa, Wechau, Funsi and Gwollu.
The overall objective of the project is to improve the food security and incomes of the smallholders in the Upper West Region of Ghana. Specifically, the project stands out to achieve the following objectives:
- Boost food production and incomes of populations living in poverty
- Strengthen formal and informal community organizations (including beneficiary groups) as the institutions through which technical and social services can be provided to IFAD’s target group on a sustainable basis
- Improve the economic status of women by targeting them for special attention in a culturally acceptable manner, including the provision of of working capital credit for smallscale processing and trading activities
- Develop the existing potential for dry season gardening by rehabilitating some of the existing dams
- Improve access hence marketing to/from rural communities benefiting from the project through spot improvement to critical feeder roads
Components
The project has the following components:
Agricultural Development
Water Resources Development
Rural Roads
Rural Credit Scheme
Community and Women’s Development
Duration
The project lifespan was 7 years
1995 - 2002
Total Amount
USD 11.3 Million
Address
Mr. Emmanuel Eledi
National Coordinator
P.O. Box 21 Wa
Upper West Region, GHANA
Email Address: emmaeledi@yahoo.com