TATALE SANGULI* Feed the Future Ghana District Profile Series - February 2017 - Issue 1 DISTRICT PROFILE CONTENT Tatale Sanguli is a district in Ghana’s Northern Region. The total land area of the district is 1,090.4 Km Square. 1. Cover Page It shares boundaries with the Republic of Togo to the east, Zabzugu District to the south, Saboba and Chere- 2. USAID Project Data poni Districts to the north and Yendi Municipality to the 3-5. Agricultural Data west. The district has a total population of 66,288, out of 6. Health, Nutrition and Sanitation which 33,409 are females and 32,879 males. The aver- 7. USAID Presence age house-hold size in the district is 7.4 persons. The boxes below reveal the level of important development 8. Demographic and Weather Data indicators captured by the Population Based Survey in 9. Discussion Questions 2015. Poverty Prevalence 20.5 % Daily per capita expenditure 4.35 USD Households with moderate or severe hunger 12.5% Household Size 7.4 members Poverty Depth 10.4% Total Population of the Poor 13,589 * Zabzugu is a district that was created by the split of Zabzugu Tatale in 2013. Therefore the data before 2013 refer to that bigger geographical location 1 USAID PROJECT DATA This section contains data and information related to USAID sponsored interventions in Tatale** Table 1: USAID Projects Info, Tatale, 2014-2016 Only 38 direct beneficiaries*** were Beneficiaries Data 2014 2015 2016 reported in Tatale Sanguli in 2016. This is a Direct Beneficiaries 86 54 38 decrease from the figure reported in 2014, Male 71 47 35 in itself very low, because of the split of the Female 15 7 3 Undefined district into two. This is further accompa- Nucleus Farmers 0 - - nied by the lack of nucleus farmers and Male Female - - - demonstration plots. There were no Undefined agriculture loans distributed during Demoplots Male 2014-2016. Therefore, the presence Female score**** for USAID development work is Undefined Production 0 out of 4, (the small number of beneficia- Maize Gross Margin USD/ha n/a n/a n/a ries is disregarded because the value is very Maize Yield MT/ha n/a n/a n/a Rice Gross Margin USD/ha n/a n/a n/a low) which means that the interventions in Rice Yield MT/ha n/a n/a n/a Tatale Sanguli are almost non existent Soybean Gross Margin USD/ha n/a n/a n/a when compared to other districts. When Soybean Yield MT/ha n/a n/a n/a Investment and Impact the presence score is combined with Ag. Rural loans* - - progress/regress of impact indicators, the USAID Projects Presence 3 3 Beneficiaries Score 1 0 0 district is flagged WHITE***** indicating Presence Score 2014-2016 0 that the impact indicators values (poverty District Flag 2014-2016 White prevalence and per capita expenditure) Source: USAID Project Reporting, 2014-2016 have worsened in an area with little inter- vention. Find more details on USAID Pres- ence v. Impact scoring on page 7. 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 , *number of direct beneficiaries reported in 2014 correspond to Zabzugu Tatale ****and*****See page 7 for more detail on presence score ranges and district flag ranges . **Value of poverty prevalence and Per Capita expenditures in 2012 corresponds to Zabzugu Tatale All data and information including full citations can be accessed at www.ghanalinks.org 2 AGRICULTURAL DATA This section contains agricultural data for Tatale Sanguli* such as production by commodity, gross margins and yields. Cassava and Yam are the main commodities produced in Figure 1: Share of Agricultural Production By Commodity In Tatale Sanguli, 2010-2015 Zabzugu Tatale, accounting for 82% of agricultural production during 2010-2015. Other commodities Cassava, 26% produced during this period include groundnut, maize, millet, rice and sorghum with each product contributing between 1 to 4 percent. For more details refer to Figure 1. In terms of agricultural production, Zabzugu Tatale accounted for 8% of total production in the Northern Cowpea, 0% Region in 2015. The District is ranked third in maize Groundnut, 4% Yam, 56% production, accounting for 8.4% of maize production in the Northern Region. It also recorded the highest Maize, 5% production of millet and sorghum in 2015. The average Millet, 4% gross margin calculations from USAID project reporting Rice, 1% Soybean, 0% (2015) for maize and rice are higher than the gross mar- Sorghum, 4% gins from the Agriculture Production Survey (K-State, Source: Agriculture Production Reports 2010- 2015, MOFA APS 2013) for the same commodities. Gross Margin by Commodity, USAID beneficareis and district average, 2013-2015,USD/ha Figure 3 contains yield values from three (3) sources: 450 382.28 400 USAID projects, MOFA and APS for the period 350 316.77 320.0 2013-2015 for three commodities: maize, rice and 300 250 soybean. Beneficiaries yields for maize and rice exceeded 200 150 100.8 the district averages reported by MOFA in 2015. Figure 100 50 4 below focuses on the sources of income in the district. 0 It shows that the majority of households in Tatale Sanguli Maize Rice Maize Rice 2015 2013 rely on the agricultural sector, particularly farming as USG Beneficiaries District General_APS 74.9 percent of household income comes from the sale of crops. Source: Agriculture Report 2013-2015, Agriculture Production Survey, K-State, 2013 Figure 4: Income Source in Tatale Sanguli, 2015, in % Figure 3: Yields of Maize, Rice and Soybean, beneficiaries and district gift 4.25 general, MT/ha, 2013-2015 2.5 2.23 2.3 rice parboiling 1 1.99 2 1.87 1.85 1.76 1.77 1.83 shea picking 1.27 1.49 1.54 1.5 1.41 remittance 5.27 1 0.79 petty trading 19.68 0.6 0.48 0.5 sale of livestock 5.75 0 Maize Soybean Rice Maize Soybean Rice Maize Soybean Rice sale of poultry 4.14 2015 2014 2013 USG Beneficiaries Others-APS Othe-rs-MoFA sale of crop produce 74.9 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Source: Agriculture Report 2013-2015, MOFA Production Data 2013-2015, Agriculture Pro-duction Survey, K-State, 2013 Source: Ring & Spring Survey, 2015 USAID METSS Project *Values of agricultural production reported from MOFA and APS 2013 in all graphs correspond to the greater area of Zabzugu Tatale. Data from other sources refers to Tatale Sanguli All data and information including full citations can be accessed at www.ghanalinks.org 3 AGRICULTURAL DATA This section contains agricultural data for Tatale Sanguli** including production by commodity (MT/ha), yields (MT/ha) and average land size. Table 2: Agricultural Production and Yields by commodity, in MT and MT/ha, 2010-2015, Tatale Commodity 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 Total Cassava 8 3,636 7 9,083 8 1,383 8 4,100 8 6,400 7 0,462 4 85,064 Cowpea 9 59 9 31 1 ,001 1 ,185 1 ,205 1 ,172 6 ,454 Groundnut 1 2,265 1 2,296 1 2,414 1 4,627 1 4,880 1 5,786 8 2,268 Maize 1 4,915 1 3,936 1 4,936 1 6,608 1 5,504 1 6,836 9 2,736 Millet 1 1,606 1 1,268 1 2,002 1 2,656 1 1,907 1 2,125 7 1,564 Rice 4 ,292 3 ,980 3 ,488 2 ,897 2 ,961 3 ,315 2 0,933 Sorghum 1 0,505 1 1,906 12,413 1 3,234 1 4,269 1 1,138 7 3,465 Soybean 1 ,148 1 ,095 1 ,080 1 ,248 1 ,164 9 80 6 ,714 Yam 2 13,400 2 07,083 2 07,131 1 65,734 1 46,681 1 25,718 1 ,065,746 Yields in MT/Ha 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 Cassava 1 6.02 1 5.15 16.27 1 4.50 1 4.40 1 2.56 Cowpea 1 .53 1 .49 1 .53 1 .59 1 .65 1 .46 Groundnut 2 .41 2 .43 2 .29 2 .39 2 .40 2 .49 Maize 1 .99 1 .41 1 .49 1 .50 1 .52 1 .83 Millet 2.39 2 .32 2 .40 2 .47 2 .43 2 .50 Rice 1 .87 1 .77 1 .54 1 .56 1 .40 1 .70 Sorghum 1 .45 1 .65 1 .69 1 .70 1 .90 1 .82 Soybean 1 .85 1 .76 1 .83 1.92 1 .94 1 .75 Yam 1 8.08 1 8.30 1 9.05 1 5.50 1 5.34 1 3.36 Source: Agriculture Report 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, MOFA Table 2 above provides detailed information on specific commodities in regard to overall production in Tatale as well as average yields for the years 2010-2015. The infographic below shows a summary of agricultural statistics for Tatale. Infographic 2: Average Land size, Yields, Sales and other Farm indicators in Tatale, 2013 $ - $ 320.0 0.81 0.60 1% 65.3 168.3 $ - $ 0.32 0.79 5% 100.85 6.2 105.3 TOTAL $ - $ TOTAL 2.03 391.26 314.4 0.48 n/a 4.25 Average Land Size, ha Yield, MT/ha Sales, % Gross Margin*, USD/ha Variable Costs*, USD/farm Revenue in USD/farm Source: Agriculture Production Survey, Kansas State University, 2013 *Gross margin, variable cost and farm revenue captured from the APS in infographic 2 have been converted to USD using 2012 exchange rates (1.88 GHC to $1 USD) to align with the ‘farmer recall’ survey methodology deployed.