Arocha Ghana Commissioned Organic Shea Butter processing facility, 8 Shea warehouses, Organic Cassava Processing Facility and handed over to the chiefs and people of MURUGU in the West Gonja municipal assembly of the Savannah region. More details soon. COMMISSIONING OF ORGANIC SHEA BUTTER PROCESSING FACILITY, 8 SHEA WAREHOUSES, ORGANIC CASSAVA PROCESSING FACILITY Background for the development of these Enterprises. These enterprises were setup within the framework of the collaborative resource management policy which has led to establishment and development of 4 Community Resource Management Areas(CREMAs) namely; Murugu-Mognori CREMA, Yazori-Kumbo CREMA, Bawena-Kpulumbo CREMA and Gurubagu-Wawato CREMA. Theses CREMAs have committed to sustainably manage their natural resources in a manner that ensures that the environment is protected for sustainable farming and at the same time protected for Biodiversity and also to continuously provide ecosystem services for the well-being of communities. As part of efforts to harness the natural resources in these CREMAs, these green enterprises have been identified and developed to provide these communities with long term stream of income withoutcompromising the environmental integrity of these CREMAs. Challenges CREMAs Need Support to Address Illegal harvesting rosewood and other hardwood species illegal charcoal production Illegal logging of shea trees Funding Agencies;
- French Development Agency
- Evolution of Smooth (EOS)
- Global Shea Alliance (GSA)
- USAID
- Africa Tiger Holdings Limited (ATHL)
- International Union for Conservation of Nature Netherlands Committee (IUCN-NL)
- Savannah Fruits Company (SFC)
- Noe
- AgroEco
Arocha Ghana 1 ORGANIC SHEA BUTTER PROCESSING FACILITY 11 ORGANIC SHEA WAREHOUSES 2 ORGANIC PROCESSING FACILITIES ANCILLIARY EQUIPMENT Murugu Community 200 women direct employment 1 ton of butter a day Environmentally friendly facility Reduced waste Gurubagu, Wawato, Bawena, Achubunyor, Soalepe, Bonyanto, Yazori, Mognori, Kpulumbo, Jinfronu and Donkope 8 community satellite warehouses Bawena and Murugu communities 200 registered cassava farmers Organic Cassava Flour 12 Tricycles 130 tarpaulins 8 Honey Extractors Reduced water consumption Reduced health hazards of women (less smoke, less heat, friendly machines) Over 600 women 8 women cooperatives Total of 200 MT capacity warehouse.o vOn Thursday 28th January, 2021, A Rocha Ghana Commissioned Organic Shea Butter processing facility, 8 Shea warehouses, Organic Cassava Processing Facility and handed over to the chiefs and people of MURUGU in the West Gonja municipal assembly of the Savannah region. More details soon.
COMMISSIONING OF ORGANIC SHEA BUTTER PROCESSING FACILITY, 8 SHEA WAREHOUSES, ORGANIC CASSAVA PROCESSING FACILITY
Background for the development of these Enterprises.
These enterprises were setup within the framework of the collaborative resource management policy which has led to establishment and development of 4 Community Resource Management Areas(CREMAs) namely; Murugu-Mognori CREMA, Yazori-Kumbo CREMA, Bawena-Kpulumbo CREMA and Gurubagu-Wawato CREMA.
Theses CREMAs have committed to sustainably manage their natural resources in a manner that ensures that the environment is protected for sustainable farming and at the same time protected for Biodiversity and also to continuously provide ecosystem services for the well-being of communities.
As part of efforts to harness the natural resources in these CREMAs, these green enterprises have been identified and developed to provide these communities with long term stream of income withoutcompromising the environmental integrity of these CREMAs.
Challenges CREMAs Need Support to Address;
Illegal harvesting rosewood and other hardwood species
illegal charcoal production
Illegal logging of shea trees
Funding Agencies;
French Development Agency
Evolution of Smooth (EOS)
Global Shea Alliance (GSA)
USAID
Africa Tiger Holdings Limited (ATHL)
International Union for Conservation of Nature Netherlands Committee (IUCN-NL)
Savannah Fruits Company (SFC)
Noe
groEco
Arocha Ghana
1 ORGANIC SHEA BUTTER PROCESSING
FACILITY 11 ORGANIC SHEA WAREHOUSES 2 ORGANIC PROCESSING FACILITIES ANCILLIARY EQUIPMENT
Murugu Community 200 women direct employment 1 ton of butter a day Environmentally friendly facility Reduced waste Gurubagu, Wawato, Bawena, Achubunyor, Soalepe, Bonyanto, Yazori, Mognori, Kpulumbo, Jinfronu and Donkope
8 community satellite warehouses Bawena and Murugu communities
200 registered cassava farmers
Organic Cassava Flour
12 Tricycles
130 tarpaulins
8 Honey Extractors reduced water consumption reduced health hazards of women (less smoke, less heat, friendly machines)
Over 600 women 8 women cooperatives Total of 200 MT capacity warehouse.
