Ghana
Context
The FFF was launched in Ghana in 2018, marking a significant step toward promoting climate-resilient landscapes and improving rural livelihoods.
In the face of unprecedented forest loss due to the conversion of forest land to agriculture and commercial logging, the FFF has empowered forest and farm producers as key agents of change by supporting land restoration efforts and encouraging the development of sustainable enterprises.
With FFF support, producers have secured key wins in tree tenure and land access for women, fostering green entrepreneurship through business incubation of cocoa, shea, baobab and cashew nut products. It has also enabled producers to become more resilient by adopting climate-smart agroforestry, developing inclusive financial mechanisms and establishing critical links to national social protection and health insurance schemes.
In 2025, the FFF supported thirteen FFPOs representing over 125 000 members in the Savanna, Forest and Transitional Ecological Zones of the country.
Contacts
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Facilitator:
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Products
Key products grown in Ghana include cocoa, cashew nuts and vegetables such as tomatoes, maize, cassava, pepper, beans, garden eggs, mango and okra.
In addition, soaps and shampoos are made from the fruit, nuts, pods and seed oils of the shea and baobab trees. Sustainable timber and charcoal production provide other income streams.
Highlights
- Strengthening social services
With FFF and GhaFFaP support, 1 650 VSLAs have been established, engaging 46 535 members (an average of 27 people per group). These groups mobilize approximately USD 4.29 million annually, providing loans for agriculture, small-scale trade, healthcare and education.
- Resilience and restoration
Through education and training from PADO and the Forestry Commission, with support from the FFF, farmers are now aware of their legal ownership of trees on their land. They are motivated to plant trees due to secure tenure, and cocoa farms are showing improved climate resilience and better yields by adopting agroforestry practices.
- Production and markets
The northern region of Ghana has a very prolonged dry season due to climate change. With support from the FFF, Tele-Bere Cooperative has installed solar-powered irrigation systems, which allow them to grow crops all year round. Now farmers have an increased and stable income throughout the year and their families’ nutrition has improved too.
Press articles
- Innovative grass charcoal fuels opportunity in Ghana - July 2023
- GhaFFaP website
- GhaFFaP Celebrates 2020 International Day of Rural Women
- GhaFFaP Business Incubation Service to Address Challenges of Smallholder Farmers
- In Ghana GhaFFaP Calls for Community by-laws to protect natural resources
- Together we can defeat corona virus and threats to biodiversity – GhaFFaP
- Tele-bere Village Savings and Loans Association empowers 3 500 women in Ghana
- Ghana Federation of Forest and Farm Producers (GhaFFaP) Launched
- Stakeholders urged to prioritize the needs of women in agriculture
- GhaFFaP raises issues affecting women farm producers for redress
- Press article - Municipal and District Assemblies urged to take responsibility of protecting environment - 15 September 2019
- Press Release FAO Regional Office for Africa - Launch Phase II - Nov 2018
- Ghana Federation of Forest and Farm Producers (GhaFFaP) calls for a special stimulus package for smallholder forest and farm producers
- GhaFFaP aims to plant 3 million trees to support government’s cause
- Minister underscores need for urgent action to stop deforestation
- COVID-19, flood forced farmers into charcoal production
- GhaFFaP Members receive GPS training
- GhaFFaP Pre-launch TV Event
- GhaFFaP Launch
- FFF Manager's Video Message to GhaFFaP on launching day
- GhaFFaP Secretary, Mark Akparibo, speaks on National Woodfuel Dialogue in Ghana
- Making lives better for farmers
- Importance of Business Incubation for FFPOs in Ghana
- GhaFFaP Youth Leader speaks on GPS training received
- Our forest, our livelihood
- World Economic Forum (2021): feature video on Tele-bere: This Social Enterprise Is Building Sustainable Livelihoods In Ghana
- GhaFFaP Green Charcoal Strategy: Practice and Policy Alternatives (part 1)
- GhaFFaP Green Charcoal Strategy: Practice and Policy Alternatives (part 2)