| CARE Ghana's Food security and Agricultural Recovery Management (FARM) project works with communities most affected by 2007 floods in Northern Ghana. With this project, between November 2007 and August 2008, CARE assists the targeted communities regain their livelihoods and decrease their vulnerability to disaster events. The FARM project goal is to increase resilience in flood affected communities through agricultural recovery activities and disaster risk reduction. The overall Objective is to ensure food and livelihood recovery through rehabilitating agricultural land use and production systems and improving disaster preparedness and management capabilities in 30 communities affected by flooding in northern Ghana. The FARM project supports agricultural recovery of 6,000 people or so who lost their harvests, assets and subsequently the means to support their livelihoods. Interventions take place on three levels – household, community and district levels. In order to increase individual’s and communities’ resilience to disasters and boost district and national capacity to prepare and respond in such cases, CARE supports community organizations and partners on disaster preparedness and risk reduction strategies. |