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Amansie West District Assembly AMANSIE WEST DISTRICT ASSEMBLY ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT 2012 Prepared by District Planning Coordinating Unit 1 CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 INTRODUCTION Like all districts In Ghana, The Amansie West District assembly in 2010 prepared its 2010 – 2013 medium Term development plan based on the Ghana Shared Growth development Agenda (GSGDA) spanning the period 2010 - 2013. To measure performance of the 2010 – 2013, DMTDP, there is the need to prepare an annual progress. This report is the third in the series of reports showing the extent of implementation of the 2010 – 2013 DMTDP. The District has prepared a Monitoring and Evaluation plan to guide the implementation of the Medium term Development Plan 2010 – 2013. This report therefore is to measure the extent to which indicators set in M&E plan is being achieve. 1.2 PROCESSES This document has been prepared based on the guidelines set in the monitoring and evaluation plan , prepared to measure the extent of implementation of the medium term development plan. as a first step, the District Planning and Coordinating Unit (DPCU) under the auspices of the chairman informed all heads of decentralized department to submit its annual report for incorporation. The unit was guided by the guidelines for the preparation of the 2010- 2013 Monitoring and Evaluation plan prepared to track the implementation of the DMTDP 2010 - 2013 with special reference to the manual for the operationalisation of District Planning Coordinating Unit, roles were assigned to respective members. The core monitoring team comprising the Planning Officer, the Budget Officer and the District Works Engineer were tasked to monitor all ongoing physical projects and report to the unit. Even though this team has been doing this for every quarter, the DPCU directed that the team does this monitoring specifically for the preparation of this document. All other members were tasked to make available to the unit, progress made so far in their respective departments. To this end, a format for reporting was thus circulated to all departments for reporting and a deadline for submission was declared. 2 1.3 CHALLENGES AND DIFFICULTIES Development of any report is usually froth with many challenges. The following are some of challenges faced by the DPCU in the preparation of this Annual Progress Report. • Inadequate logistics • Low access to vehicle for monitoring • Inadequate motivation • difficulty in accessing data • poor accessibility to communities 3 CHAPTER TWO PERFORMANCE IN THE DISTRICT 2.1 INTRODUCTION This part of the report is devoted for the discussion on the achievements made in attempting to reach the targets set in the District Medium Term Plan. This has been discussed in accordance with the thematic areas of the Ghana Shared Growth development Agenda (GSDA). 2.1.1 BROAD GOAL OF THE DISTRICT The Amansie west district assembly set the following broad goal to be achived under the DMTDP ““To achieve accelerated growth through modernized agriculture increased industrial activities, deepening decentralization within the framework of increased public-private partnership to achieve the Millennium Development Goals” 2.2 STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2010-2013 DMDTP The implementation of DMTDP prepared in 2010 is at its third year. The year under review saw the final submission of the document to the National Development Planning Commission. 2.3 UPDATE ON FUNDING BY SOURCES The table below shows update of funding sources from 2011 and 2012. The District Assembly Common Fund (DACF) continues to be the main source of funding to the Assembly. However, with the district passing to access the district development fund, the D.D..F has now become the main source of fund flow into the district. Table 2.1 Funding Sources 2011 and 2012 2011 2012 DACF 980,189.89 320,736.12 IGF 271,877.83 274,805.16 HIPC FUNDS 65,000.00 25,000.00 GOG GRANTS 32,962.56 552,945.30 DONOR GRANTS (DDF/GSFP) 360,238.40 964,207.53 TOTAL REVENUE 1,710,268.68 2,060,998.54 Source: District Assembly Account Office, Manso Nkwanta (Feb 2013) 4 a) Releases of fund The release of funds as usual to the Assembly has not been regular. This does not only affect expected dates of completions but also impacts negatively on cost of projects. b) Efforts to generate funds Internal revenue generation continuous to be a challenge for the district. This situation basically is as a result of inadequate data for revenue projections and more importantly, the inadequacy of logistics for revenue mobilization. Efforts being made to generate more funds include: • Embarking on educational campaign on revenue generation • Provision of training, incentives and logistics to our revenue collectors • Revaluation of Properties 2.4 ENHANCING COMPETITIVENESS IN GHANA’S PRIVATE SECTOR Under this thematic area, the following objectives were set • To train 200 entrepreneurs in small scale business management skills by 2013. • To support 10 practicing entrepreneurs to attend local and international trade fairs. • To improve agro- based processing. • To improve human resource capacity for Local Economic Development. • To assist 150 entrepreneurs to access credit from MASLOC by 2013. • To enhance the formation of co-operative societies in the district. 2.5 ACCELERATED AGRICULTURAL MODERNIZATION AND SUSTAINABILITY NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT The following are the main objectives set under this thematic area • To provide 700 farmers access to farming inputs and extension services through MOFA by 2013. • To promote irrigation farming. • To reduce environmental degradation caused by galamsey operations • To reduce deforestation by 2013 • To increase farmers access to storage facilities to 60% by the year 2013. 5 • To train 1100 farmers in modern farming methods and practices in the district by the year 2013. • To provide Micro credit for 200 farmers under the MASLOC by the year 2013 The main spirit behind this thematic area and the set objectives is to increase agricultural produce. The table below indicates the trends in output levels in the district. 6 Table 2.2 TRENDS IN OUTPUT LEVELS (2010 – 2013) Indicator National National District 2010 2011 2012 Baseline Target Baseline Target Actual Target Actual Target Actual (2005) Percentage(%) Maize = 0.35 0.52 1.26mt/ Ha 1.9mt/ Ha 1.5mt/ Ha 1.5mt/ Ha 1.0mt/ Ha 1.6 ha 1.10mt/ Ha increase in yield of selected crops, livestock and fish Rice = 0.06 01.56 1.4mt/ Ha 1.5mt/ho 2.5mt/ho 2.5mt/ho 2.45mt/ho 2.5 mt/ ha 2.5mt/ho Cassava= 0.52 mmm0.76 6.1mt/ Ha 1.0mt/Ha 1.3mt/Ha 1.3mt/Ha 13.20mt/Ha 13 mt/Ha 13.50mt/Ha Yam = 0.45 0.65 - - - Cocyam - 5.13mt/Ha 4..5mt/Ha 8mt/Ha 8mt/Ha 6.8mt/Ha 8mt/Ha 7.2 mt/Ha Plantain - 4.88mt/Ha 5.0mt/Ha 9.5mt/Ha 9.5mt/Ha 9.6mt/Ha 9.5mt/Ha 10.20mt/Ha Source: District Agric Department, Manso Nkwanta (FEB. 2013) 7 TABLE : 2.3 EXTENSION DELIVERY IN AMANSIE WEST DISTRICT No. OPERATIONAL AREAS PARAMETER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 TOTAL EXTENSION TRAININGS 1. Number of Planning Sessions organized 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2. Number of AEA trainings 4 organized 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3. Number of study tours 0 0 0 organized for AEAs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4. Number of stakeholders meetings organized 3 3 2 4 3 2 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 2 2 65 FARMER EMPOWERMENT 5. Number of farm visits 69 58 68 52 37 66 80 51 88 56 60 48 61 56 34 40 38 38 65 54 58 58 1226 6. Average number of farmers in 418 105 each operational area 219 315 770 645 513 197 394 562 93 388 156 265 179 155 238 178 375 206 235 512 7118 7. Indicate number of farmers 386 353 serviced by each AEA in an 214 290 461 318 335 186 347 504 99 326 152 218 186 96 158 172 141 248 278 223 5691 operational area 8. Number of farmers reached with improved technologies Female 244 208 297 205 203 263 225 289 353 185 312 234 228 231 167 226 185 229 239 255 241 222 5241 Male 249 225 290 223 201 233 247 291 401 196 255 199 230 241 192 216 184 196 249 307 246 217 5270 9. Number of on-farm Adaptive Trails established 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10. Number of farmers participating in On-farm Adaptive Trails. Female 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Male 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11. Number of field demonstrations 4 established 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 71 12. Number of farmers participating in field demonstrations. Female 244 183 272 183 183 238 200 264 328 160 293 209 203 206 142 201 160 204 214 230 216 208 4711 Male 227 203 277 201 179 211 225 269 381 174 233 177 208 219 161 196 164 176 229 287 224 201 4834 13 Number of farmers adopting improved technologies Female 235 336 287 202 194 256 218 281 345 178 311 226 219 223 161 218 179 221 231 249 234 220 5087 Male 238 214 286 212 188 222 236 280 378 189 244 188 219 231 162 208 174 186 238 292 235 212 5033 14 Number of farmers adopting integrated pest management Female 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 male 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Number of field days organized 3 3 4 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 64 15 by AEAs 16 Number of farmers participating in field days Female 222 185 274 185 180 240 202 266 320 162 295 211 205 208 120 203 162 206 216 232 218 186 4711 8 Male 228 204 278 202 180 212 226 270 382 175 234 178 209 220 140 200 165 177 230 288 225 202 4834 17 Number of study tours 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 organized by AEAs 18 Number of farmers participating in study tours Female 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Male 0 0
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