[{"bbox": [87, 152, 399, 184], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.5 The Intervention Logic"}, {"bbox": [97, 199, 1160, 329], "category": "Text", "text": "At a time of mounting threat over natural resources availability and uncertainty on farmer capacity to produce foods, the action intends to strengthen Ghana's agriculture to transition to sustainability while ensuring that this move will strategically contribute to close the development equality gap between North and South. Producing food for all the communities and the nation should be based on a new paradigm comprising environmental protection and climate resilience."}, {"bbox": [97, 357, 330, 385], "category": "Text", "text": "The intervention logic is:"}, {"bbox": [97, 410, 1160, 609], "category": "Text", "text": "If the identification of good sustainable practices and methods (crop cover, no-tilling mechanisation, quality organic agro-inputs such as seeds, pesticide, and seasonal crop rotation) is applied by the trained farmers, then sustainable crop value chains would develop (1.1), the capacity of farmers for using sustainable practices would improve (1.2), such as their access to inputs and services (1.3). If those three outputs are delivered and those practices are accepted and disseminated by the regional Departments of Agriculture, combined with exchange of experience and knowledge among farmers, and no government policies boosting the usage of chemical fertiliser, then agricultural production in northern Ghana will become more sustainable and climate-resilient (1)."}, {"bbox": [97, 639, 1160, 869], "category": "Text", "text": "If the strengthening of private sector, including FBOs, Associations and cooperatives, aggregators, processors is undertaken and assuming that they have absorption capacity for all this knowledge and that the Government of Ghana supports their mainstreaming as key stakeholders, then the capacity of Value Chains Associations and FBOs in supporting access to market for their members can be improved (2.1), such as the capacity of district and local actors, FBOs and farmers for applying in Quality Management Systems and Good Agricultural Practices (2.2), and the capacity of community processors to meet markets requirements will be improved (2.3). If those outputs are delivered and Ghanaian businesses grab these market opportunities (demand for sustainably grown products) then access to markets for sustainably-grown produce in northern Ghana will improve (2)."}, {"bbox": [97, 897, 1160, 1154], "category": "Text", "text": "If the activities geared to support sustainable cocoa production in Ghana are undertaken, together with activities supporting reforestation and the operationalisation of the FLEGT-VPA, and assuming that all actors are willing to address collectively the sustainability of the cocoa sector, the pursue of policy recommendations agreed on the FLEGT process, and there is no policies preventing forestation then the capacity of the cocoa value chain actors in working together and ensuring sustainable cocoa production in Ghana will improve (3.1), the capacity of FLEGT-related multistakeholder platforms will improve (3.2), and landscape restoration will be facilitated by the Action (3.3). If those outputs are delivered and the Government of Ghana engages with all stakeholders on the sustainability of the cocoa, timber and forestry value chains, then the forest management and sustainable cocoa production in Ghana will improve (3)."}, {"bbox": [97, 1181, 1160, 1295], "category": "Text", "text": "If these outcomes (1, 2 and 3) are achieved then the action will contribute to the desired impact (Overall Objective): To accelerate the transition of Ghana's agriculture sector towards sustainability, resilience, inclusivity and food security. Only a global approach can make that change possible, taking also into account the results of evidence-based research on the topics addressed by this action."}, {"bbox": [1027, 1680, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 15 of 26"}]