The Environment and Agroforestry Foundation (EAF), a nonprofit environmental organization in Sunyani, recently conducted a capacity-building workshop for participants involved in its project focused on restoring farmland, riparian ecosystems, and improving livelihoods in the Bono Region. The workshop, held in Berekum within the Berekum East Municipality, also marked the launch of a six-year project funded by TerraFund for AFR100, an international funding consortium established in 2021, consisting of organizations like the World Resources Institute, One Tree Planted, Realize Impact, and Barka Fund.
Approximately 100 participants, including 70 farmers from four beneficiary communities – Namasua, Oforikrom, Tainso, and Berekum – attended the event. Also present were representatives from the Forest Services Division (FSD) of the Forestry Commission (FC), the Berekum East Municipal Directorate of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), and the Municipal Assembly. Traditional authorities from the beneficiary communities, Fulani herdsmen leadership, media representatives, and Green Waterhut, an environmental NGO based in Sunyani, were also present as stakeholders.
Mr. Hassan Sali, the Berekum East Director of MoFA, expressed the Ministry’s eagerness to collaborate and support farmers in achieving climate-smart agriculture and agroforestry targets. Assistant Divisional Officer I Issahaku from the GNFS assured prompt response and support in combating fire incidents around the project sites.
