Earth Care Ghana has put 2,000 organic plantain suckers in the hands of women smallholder farmers in Gomoa Onyinadze, marking a major step forward in the organisation’s coastal savannah restoration work.

Why Women?

Because when you empower a woman farmer, you feed a family, educate children, and restore a forest — all at once. Women are often the backbone of household food security and community resilience, and by placing resources directly in their hands, Earth Care Ghana is investing in outcomes that ripple far beyond the farm gate.

Part of a Bigger Restoration Story

These suckers are part of our coastal savannah restoration efforts at the Yenku Forest Reserve, and they’re helping women in several concrete ways:

• Multiply suckers for income — building a sustainable, repeatable source of earnings.
• Feed their families with nutritious plantain, strengthening household food security.
• Reduce pressure on the forest reserve, easing the reliance on forest resources that often comes with economic hardship.

In Their Own Words

For beneficiary Madam Adwoa Mensah, the impact is already personal and practical: “I will sell the extra suckers and pay my children’s school fees.”

It’s a simple sentence that captures exactly what this programme is designed to do — turn a conservation intervention into a direct, tangible benefit for families on the ground.

A Women-Led Restoration Economy in the Making

This is not a handout. It’s the foundation of a women-led restoration economy — one where farmers grow their own income, feed their households, and take pressure off a vital forest reserve, all through the same simple intervention.

Earth Care Ghana’s coastal savannah restoration programme at Yenku Forest Reserve continues to expand, placing women smallholder farmers at the centre of forest recovery and rural livelihoods.