[{"bbox": [85, 151, 424, 180], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.4 Risks and Lessons Learnt"}, {"bbox": [82, 193, 1167, 1121], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><td>Category</td><td>Risks</td><td>Likelihood (High/ Medium/ Low)</td><td>Impact (High/ Medium/ Low)</td><td>Mitigating measures</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2-3</td><td>Lack of Government's interest in pursuing environmental sustainability in the exploitation and management of the country's natural resources.</td><td>L</td><td>M</td><td>The 2024 elections might lead to a change of government priorities. This is a low risk because environmental sustainability, including fight against deforestation is likely to remain high on Ghana's agenda for years. A strong EU/MS and Development Partners-wide political and policy dialogue, coupled with appropriate coordination mechanisms will help to mitigate this risk.</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Instability of the Sahel region affects the northern regions of Ghana rendering difficult to deliver cooperation if access is dangerous and restricted.</td><td>M</td><td>M</td><td>Monitor and assess actual risks across the intervention zone and focus on the main secure areas.</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Competing interests among the exploitation of natural resources (gold mining, timber, etc.) and the illegal economy.</td><td>M</td><td>M</td><td>Monitor the action implementation and facilitate mitigation dialogue among all interested parties, including on aspects of land tenure if pertinent.</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Climate change is a risk as well as natural disasters could intensify at a fast pace in the coming years, turning the action into a meaningless intervention.</td><td>M</td><td>H</td><td>Promote climate adaptation and resilience measures which are fully part of the intervention; based on agroecology as an integrated approach.</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [92, 1123, 253, 1147], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Lessons Learnt:"}, {"bbox": [130, 1165, 1162, 1272], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Initiatives from different partners locally show that a number of technical solutions do exist to address the risk of natural resources depletion and promote a resilient agriculture in the face of the climate change, including work delivered under the on-going REACH and MOAP projects. This also means that capacities exist at national or regional level to develop further the approach."}, {"bbox": [130, 1272, 1162, 1351], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Local public institutions are yet to be sensitized and trained on the necessary transition to sustainable practices. However, they proved to be committed and expressed willingness to contribute through facilitating producers' access to information, training and inputs."}, {"bbox": [130, 1351, 1162, 1431], "category": "List-item", "text": "- The EU-funded WACOMP had interesting results in the structuration of promising VCs for a better access to market and for the promotion of quality throughout VC actors. Such achievements should be leveraged and developed yet with a twist towards the promotion of sustainably-grown product for the markets."}, {"bbox": [1026, 1680, 1142, 1704], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 14 of 26"}]