MION Feed the Future Ghana District Profile Series - February 2017 - Issue 1 DISTRICT PROFILE CONTENT Mion is one of the districts in the Northern Region. The district shares boundaries with the Tamale Metropolis, Savelugu Municipal and Nanton District to the west, 1. Cover Page Yendi Municipal to the east, Nanumba North and East 2. USAID Project Data Gonja districts to the south and Gushegu and Karaga districts to the north. The district covers a total land size 3. Agriculture Data of 2714.1 sq. km and has a population of 91,216 out of which 45,895 are females and 45,321 are males. The 4. Health, Nutrition and Sanitation average household size in the district is 6.9 members. The boxes below contain relevant economic indicators 5. Demographic and Weather Data such as per capita expenditure and poverty prevalence 6. Discussion Questions for a better understanding of its development. Poverty Prevalence 27.0 % Daily per capita expenditure 3.28 USD Households with moderate or severe hunger 13.8% Household Size 6.9 members Poverty Depth 15.4 % Total Population of the Poor 24,628 1 USAID PROJECT DATA This section contains data and information related to USAID sponsored interventions in Mion Table 1: USAID Projects Info, Mion, 2014-2016 Mion had a small number of beneficiaries* Beneficiaries Data 2014 2015 2016 throughout 2014—2016. Ten(10) demo Direct Beneficiaries 486 463 964 Male 410 308 561 plots have been established to provide Female 76 155 403 training about new technologies to the Undefined 0 beneficiaries and no nucleus farmer is Demoplots 3 7 Male 2 operating in the area. The value of agricul- Female tural loans is also shown in Table 1. As a Undefined 1 7 Investment and Impact result of the aforementioned conditions, Ag. Rural loans* 243,149 6 5,952 the presence score in Mion is 1 out of 4. Projects Presence 4 This shows that the intervention there is Beneficiaries Score 1 1.0 1 .0 Presence Score 2014-2016 1 low as compared to other districts. There is District Flag Not available not enough information to suggest a Source: USAID Project Reporting, 2014-2015 district flag. Infographic 1: Demo Plots in Mion, 2014-2015 37** 10** Demo Plots 3 (Soyabean) (Maize) 2 5(Rice) Crop Genetics, Plouging, Harrowing, IR 841, Urea Deep Replacement Plouging, Jenguma Pest Control, Fertilization, Planting in Rows, Fertilization, Pest Harrowing, Transplanting, Nursery Mgmt, Harrowing, Inoculation, Planting in control Fertilization, Pest control, Rows Source: USAID Project Reporting, 2014, 2015 The presence calculation includes the number of direct beneficiaries and Agricultural Rural loans. * “Direct Beneficiary, an individual who comes in direct contact with a set of interventions” FTF Handbook, 2016 , All data and information including full citations can be accessed at www.ghanalinks.org 2 AGRICULTURAL DATA This section focuses on the Women Empowerment in Agricul- ture Index results for Mion What is the Women Empowerment Mion District Results in Agriculture Index? Production Domain: A large majority of women in Women play a prominent role in agriculture. Yet they Mion feel comfortable with providing input related to face persistent economic and social constraints. Wom- production decisions - 88% of women vs. 100% of men. en’s empowerment is a main focus of Feed the Future in However, a small percentage of women in Mion have order to achieve its objectives of inclusive agriculture control over the use of household income as compared sector growth and improved nutritional status. The to men- 30% of women vs 86.5% of men. WEAI is comprised of two weighted sub-indexes: Domains Empowerment Index (5DE) and Gender Parity Resource Domain: a majority of the women have a Index (GPI). The 5DE examines the five domains of right to asset ownership while a higher majority have a empowerment: production, resources, income, leader- right to purchase and move assets - 59.6% and 95.2% ship and time. The GPI compares the empowerment of respectively; these figures are lower than the figures of women to the empowerment of their male counterpart the male respondents. Only 17.2% of women have a right in the household. This section presents the results from to decide or have access to credit as against 19.1% of these empower-ment indicators of the 5DE for Mion, men. These figures show limited access to credit for part of a bigger survey conducted by Kansas State both genders. University. Leadership Domain: 69.4% of the women The Domains: what do they represent? interviewed scored adequacy in the right to group The Production domain assesses the ability of individuals membership while 71.4% feel entitled to public speaking. to provide input and autonomously make decisions about agricultural production. The Resources domain Time Domain: A majority of women in Mion are reflects individuals’ control over and access to produc- satisfied with their work load and leisure time; 62.5 and tive resources. The Income domain monitors individuals’ 78.4 percent respectively. ability to direct the financial resources derived from agricultural production or other sources. The Leadership domain reflects individuals’ social capital and comfort speaking in public within their community. The Time domain reflects individuals’ workload and satisfaction with leisure time. Adequacy & Figure 1: Mion Results on Domains of Empowerment of WEAI 2015, by gender, in % Differences 120 96.2 100 98.1 96.1 100 95.2 Highest differences between male and female 88 86.5 88.9 88.6 78.4 78.4 80 69.4 71.4 respondents observed within production domain: 59.6 62.5 60 the control over use of household income and in the 40 30 19.1 resources domain: asset ownership. 17.2 20 Adequacy: Together men and women reached 0 Input in Control Over Asset Right to Access to and Group Public Satisfaction Satisfaction adequacy in all indicators but access to credit and Production Use of Ownership Purchase Sell Decision on Membership Speaking with Workload with Leisure Decision Household and Transfer Credit Time satisfaction with leisure time. Women did not Income Assets Production and Income Resources Domain Leadership Domain Time Domain achieve adequacy in control over use of household Domain Women Men income, asset ownership, group membership, public speaking and satisfaction with workload while men Source: Population Based Survey, Kansas State University, 2015 did. All data and information including full citations can be accessed at www.ghanalinks.org 3 HEALTH, NUTRITION AND SANITATION This section contains facts and figures related to Health, Nutrition and Sanitation in Mion Infographic 2: Health and Nutrition Figures, Infograph 2 focuses on the health and nutrition of Mion, 2015 women and children in the district. Percentages and Children absolute numbers are revealed in the respective Stunting, From 26.7%, 4,618 circles for stunting, wasting, children and women Only 31.9% of women reach Children minimum Underweight dietary 28.3%, 4,895 underweight as well as Women Dietary Diversity: diversity, 6,691 The WDDS is based on nine food groups. A woman’s score is based on the sum of different food groups Women Dietary Wasting in Diversity Score, Children, 3.5 23.3%, 4,030 consumed in the 24 hours prior to the inter-view. Wom- Women en’s Minimum Dietary Diversity (MDD-W) represents Underweight, 12.1%, 2,538 the proportion of women consuming a minimum of five Source: PBS 2015, Kansas State University food groups out of the possible ten food groups based on their dietary intake. The Dietary diversity score of women in Mion is 3.5, which means that women Figure 2: Household Dwelling Characteristics, 2015 consume on average 3 to 4 types of food out of 10. Access to Electricity 20.3% Less than half of the women (31.9%) reach the mini- mum dietary diversity of 5 food groups. Figure 3 Access to Solid Fuel a100% displays specifics of household dwelling, evaluated Persons Per Sleep Room 2.4% based on sources of water, energy, waste disposal, cooking fuel source and the number of people per Improved Sanitation 3.4% sleep room as measured from the PBS Survey 2015. Access to Improved Water Source 59.3% Mion accounts for the highest number of persons 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 per sleep room and has low access to improved Source: PBS 2015, Kansas State University sanitation, improved water and electricity. All data and information including full citations can be accessed at www.ghanalinks.org 4 DEMOGRAPHICS & WEATHER This section contains facts and figures related to Mion demographics, religious affiliation, literacy and weather indicators Figure 3: Household Composition by groupage, Mion has a population of 91,216 out of which 45,895 are Mion 2015 Children 0 to 4 females and 45,321 are males. The average household 18% Adult Males 20% size in the district is 6.9 members. The district lies in the tropical continental climacteric zone. Average precipita- tion and temperature are similar to the other districts in Adult Females the Northern Region. Figure 6 shows average maximal 20% and mini-mal temperatures as well as yearly average Children 5 to 17 42% precipitation. Mion has a very young population as Figure 3 shows, with 60% of the population falling in the age range: 0 to 17 years old. In terms of religious affiliation, Figure 4: Religious Affiliation, Mion, 2010 the majority of the population representing 61.8% are Traditionalists Other 17.3% 0.9% Muslims followed by Traditionalists (17.3%) and Chris- Other Christian 1.6% tians ( 17.3%). For more details refer to Figure 4. The Pentecostal/ Charismatic district accounts for a low adult literacy rate with 93.6% 2.2% No religion of the adults having received no education, while 2.5% 2.7% Protestants went through only primary school and 3.9% through 5.8% Islam 61.8% secondary school education.