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Small-scale farmers in Ghana grow cashew but yields are low and they remain in poverty. Bees can solve this problem. Through pollination cashew nut yields - and income - can double. Farmers can also sell honey. We will deliver a project to integrate bees and cashew farming for poverty alleviation.

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    Situation

    The primary problem we are trying to solve is income poverty of small-scale farmers in Ghana - with a family of six surviving on about one hectare of land households struggle to meet basic needs, and the wellbeing and education of children suffer. The secondary problem is that cashew nut yields - an important cash crop for these farmers are insufficient because there are not enough bees to pollinate the flowers.

    Solution

    We will solve this problem by integrating beekeeping with cashew farming. We will train ten master beekeepers in Ghana. They will manage their own apiaries and they will also establish bees in their neighbours cashew orchards. The honey yield is shared be

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