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Project Case Studies

Read about the projects we visited in Ghana and India.

Key Findings

Learn how training can help women smallholders boost productivity and reduce their vulnerability to a range of challenges.

Final Report

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Photogallery

Click here for a range of photos from the field work conducted in Ghana and India.

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  • India
    Indian women smallholders head home after a hard day's work in the fields. Photo: A.J. Joji
    Heading home
    Heading home
  • India
    Smallholders work with fresh amaranthus in India. Photo: A.J. Joji
    Amaranthus harvest
    Amaranthus harvest
  • Ghana
    Ghanaian smallholders inspect freshly prepared palm nuts. Photo: Charles Acheampong
    Palm nuts
    Palm nuts
  • Ghana
    Ghanaian women receive training to improve their productivity and enterprise skills. Photo: Charles Acheampong
    A time to learn
    A time to learn
  • India
    An Indian smallholder collects seeds from harvested amaranthus, ready for the next crop. Photo: A.J. Joji
    Amaranthus seeds
    Amaranthus seeds
  • Ghana
    A Ghanaian smallholder works in a field of yam. Photo: Charles Acheampong
    Yam field
    Yam field
  • India
    A group of Indian smallholders work together to improve their skills. Photo: A.J. Joji
    Self-help group
    Self-help group
  • India
    An Indian smallholder inspects tapioca. Photo: A.J. Joji
    Tapioca
    Tapioca
  • Ghana
    Ghanaian women pound shea nuts to make shea butter for soap. Photo: Charles Acheampong
    Preparing shea butter
    Preparing shea butter
  • India
    Unripe nendran bananas. Photo: A.J. Joji
    Nendran bananas
    Nendran bananas
  • India
    Fathumma, an Indian woman smallholder. Photo: A.J. Joji
    Fathumma
    Fathumma
  • India
    Smallholders working in a paddy field. Photo: A.J. Joji
    Rice harvest
    Rice harvest
  • Ghana
    A smallholder fills a sack with grain, ready to sell on at market. Photo: Charles Acheampong
    Bagging the grain
    Bagging the grain
  • India
    Freshly harvested chilli and okra. Photo: A.J. Joji
    Chilli and okra
    Chilli and okra
  • Ghana
    Fresh shea butter soap ready to be boxed and sold at market. Photo: Charles Acheampong
    Shea soap
    Shea soap
  • India
    Women smallholders have to balance family commitments with their work in the fields and at market. Photo: A.J. Joji
    Farmer and child
    Farmer and child
  • Ghana
    Smallholders inspect their crops. Photo: Charles Acheampong
    Crop inspection
    Crop inspection
  • India
    A single fresh okra flower. Photo: A.J. Joji
    Flowering okra
    Flowering okra
  • Ghana
    A group of Ghanaian smallholders head home after working in the fields. Photo: Charles Acheampong
    The long walk home
    The long walk home
  • India
    Indian women thresh newly mown crops to retrieve the grains. Photo: A.J. Joji
    Threshing
    Threshing
  • India
    An Indian woman loads freshly harvested nendran bananas on to a truck to be taken to market. Photo: A.J.Joji
    Loading bananas
    Loading bananas
  • India
    An Indian woman waters her crops. Photo: A.J.Joji
    Watering the crops
    Watering the crops
  • Ghana
    A Ghanaian woman stands next to her crops. Photo: Charles Acheampong
    Ghanaian smallholder
    Ghanaian smallholder
  • Ghana
    A Ghanaian smallholder works on her accounts.
    Counting the returns
    Counting the returns
  • India
    A smallholder waters her amaranthus crop. Photo: A.J. Joji
    Irrigation
    Irrigation
  • Ghana
    Ghanaian smallholders prepare shea butter soap for sale. Photo: Charles Acheampong
    Soap cutters
    Soap cutters
  • Ghana
    Freshly harvested cassava ready for sale. Photo: Charles Acheampong
    Cassava
    Cassava
  • India
    An Indian smallholder takes a short break while preparing tapioca for sale and consumption. Photo: A.J. Joji
    Tapioca farmer
    Tapioca farmer
  • Ghana
    A Ghanaian smallholder reaches for a ripe papaya. Photo: Charles Acheampong
    Papaya harvest
    Papaya harvest
  • India
    An Indian smallholder harvests cowpea pods. Photo: A.J. Joji
    Harvesting cowpea
    Harvesting cowpea
  • Ghana
    Ghanaian women prepare shea butter to make soap for sale. Photo: Charles Acheampong
    Soap makers
    Soap makers
  • India
    Okra flowers. Photo: A.J. Joji
    Flowering okra
    Flowering okra
  • Ghana
    Ghanaian smallholders harvesting aubergine fruit. Photo: Charles Acheampong
    Aubergine harvest
    Aubergine harvest
  • India
    An Indian smallholder with fresh amaranthus. Photo: A.J. Joji
    Amaranthus
    Amaranthus
  • Ghana
    A self-help group of women smallholders in Ghana. Photo: Charles Acheampong
    Ghanaian group
    Ghanaian group
  • Ghana
    A Ghanaian smallholder uproots a yam plant during harvest in Ghana. Photo: Charles Acheampong
    Yam harvest
    Yam harvest
  • India
    Indian smallholders weigh freshly harvested nendran bananas. Photo: A.J. Joji
    Banana weighing
    Banana weighing
  • Ghana
    Smallholders with freshly harvested grain. Photo: Charles Acheampong
    Grain harvest
    Grain harvest
  • India
    Smallholders work in lush fields of ginger in India. Photo: A.J. Joji
    Ginger fields
    Ginger fields
  • India
    A smallholder inspects okra pods during harvest in India. Photo: A.J. Joji
    Okra harvest
    Okra harvest
  • Ghana
    Smallholders return from the fields during harvest in Ghana. Photo: Charles Acheampong
    Ghanaian harvest
    Ghanaian harvest
 

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