Clement Yakubu presenting the items to Roland Anyana
THE KOREA International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has presented logistics including vehicles, ICT equipment, laptops, office furniture and general office accessories valued at over $70,000 to farmer-based cooperatives development projects In Tamale.
The gesture was aimed at augmenting the resource base of the institutions under the project to enhance their capacity to sustain and improve on the project gains and outcomes.
The items were presented during the official closing of a programme aimed at capacity development of farmer-based cooperatives and organizations.
The closure followed an online exit meeting which was held on February 19, 2021 between KOICA and its key collaborators on the project namely the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations (MELR) and the Department of Cooperatives (DOC).
Clement Wumlara Yakubu, Operations Coordinator for KOICA FBCs/FBOs, recounted some significant achievements of the project.
He disclosed that the project met its target by executing a number of activities under the six main components which included training of farmer leaders, training of trainers, invitational training, networking, marketing and fair, pilot project and the policy advisory and advocacy components.
Mr. Yakubu indicated that the Poverty Probability Index (PPI) which assessed the quality of life of project participants at the project’s end-line survey revealed that poverty among households of beneficiary cooperatives reduced by 2.6 points, while households of non-beneficiary cooperative members recorded only 0.2-points in poverty reduction.
The ceremony saw the presentation of assets used during the project to some key stakeholders including Department of Cooperatives Head office, the Savannah and North East Regional Departments of Cooperatives, the Ghana Cooperative Council, the Happy Farmers’ Cooperative Marketing Society Ltd of Sagnarigu Municipality and the Garu Mustard Seed Faith Trust Cooperative Farmers Society Ltd.
Regional Director of Cooperatives for the Upper East Region and Acting Director for North East Region, Roland Anyana, who received the items on behalf of the beneficiaries, thanked KOICA for the gesture and their continual support to the cooperative movement in Ghana.
He expressed optimism that the outcome of their four-year collaboration on the project would be sustained and even scale up after the closure of projects.
FROM Eric Kombat, Tamale