GYG Empowers 580 Household Farmers in Tolon & Savelugu with Climate-Smart Agriculture July 2026

At Ghana Youth Guide (GYG), we believe that building climate resilience starts at the household level.

Under our R2C – Resilience to Climate Project, GYG continues to walk alongside 580 household farmers in Tolon and Savelugu Districts as they transition to sustainable farming practices that protect both their livelihoods and the environment.

Earlier last year, GYG staff and volunteers delivered intensive training on Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) and organic composting. The goal was to equip farmers with low-cost, practical skills they can use to adapt to changing weather patterns.

House Hold farmers in Tolon and Savelugu are now producing their own organic compost and applying it to their fields. This natural fertilizer is improving soil fertility, helping crops grow stronger, and cutting down the cost of chemical inputs.

GYG believed that knowledge alone isn’t enough when it comes to sustainable climate smart agriculture. That’s why GYG staff and volunteers are on the ground every week supporting farmers to transport compost and other farm inputs to their farms through our project tricycle. For many households, especially women farmers, and the visible minority groups, this support makes the difference between planting on time and missing the season. GYG volunteers, and staff working side by side to move compost from storage to farm, ensuring every beneficiary can apply it at the right time.

Early results show 800 households in 10 communities are actively practicing CSA where over 400 farmers represent 68% now using organic compost.

Also, 200 bags of organic compost, 50kg each, totaling 10 Metric Tons were transported relying on the project tricycle and applied by 400+ farmers with support from GYG staff and volunteers and our community resilience committee members.

Through the intervention, our farmers are now saving fertilizer costs and diverting funds to support their children’s education and producing their own organic compost leading to healthier crops and better soil moisture retention despite erratic rains.

“Before GYG came, fertilizer was too expensive and our soil was tired. Now my colleagues and I are making our own compost and our maize farms are doing well. I am also teaching my neighbors what I learned.” Yussif Abukari Farmer, Tolon stated.

The R2C project is about more than one farming season. GYG is training farmers to lead and to become trainers in their own communities, documenting best practices, and linking farmers to markets so they can earn more from their harvest. With the support of our partners and the dedication of our farmers, we are proving that sustainable agriculture can work in Northern Ghana — one compost bag, one farm, one community at a time.