CAMFED urges Mirigu residents to adopt climate-smart farming practices to mitigate effects of climate change

The Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED) has urged residents of Mirigu in the Kassena-Nankana West District to adopt climate-resilient practices, including good agronomic methods, to mitigate the effects of climate change on their livelihoods.

The call was made during a community durbar on climate change held at Mirigu on Tuesday, November 3.

Addressing the gathering, Head of Programmes at CAMFED Ghana, Clara Tigenoah highlighted the organisation’s Agric Guide initiative, which seeks to equip communities with knowledge and advocacy support to promote climate-smart agricultural practices.

She said CAMFED was implementing the initiative across all its operational districts in response to the growing effects of climate change, stressing that climate change was a reality that affected everyone.

Tigenoah noted that human activities could significantly influence the extent of climate change and its impact on communities, urging residents to take collective action to protect the environment.

She said the organisation was supporting communities with the knowledge needed to adopt good agronomic practices that would help reduce the harmful effects of climate change and strengthen their resilience.

The CAMFED Head of Programmes also encouraged female learners to take their education seriously, highlighting the organisation’s comprehensive educational support for beneficiaries at the junior high, senior high and tertiary levels.

She said the support had enabled many young women to pursue and excel in their education and contribute meaningfully to community and national development.

The Paramount Chief of the Mirigu Traditional Area, Naba Abisa Anthony Anonsana Atasige III, commended CAMFED for extending its interventions to the community and called for collective support to ensure the success of its programmes in education and agriculture.

He reaffirmed his commitment to promoting girl-child education, citing community by-laws that discourage early child marriage, child labour and other practices that undermine the development of young people.

Naba Atasige III warned that he would work to ensure strict enforcement of the by-laws, adding that community members who violated them would face the appropriate consequences.

He also appealed to CAMFED to consider including Sirigu Senior High School among its beneficiary institutions to support brilliant but financially disadvantaged learners, particularly girls, to continue their education.

The traditional ruler further pledged his support for CAMFED’s activities in the community to ensure the programmes achieve their intended impact.

The durbar, held under the theme, “Local Action, Global Impact: Protecting Ghana’s Environment,” brought together traditional leaders, women’s groups, youth, learners from selected schools, CAMFED staff, beneficiaries and other community members.

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