Fadama definition
Examples of Fadama in a sentence
Household sanitation coverage was highest in Alajo (58.5%) and lowest in Old Fadama (1.5%); however, clusters of high coverage of any household sanitation and contained household sanitation were detected in Bukom and Shiabu.
Fadama Community Associations consisting of all stakeholder groups in the Fadamas, including farmers, herders, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ folk, hunters, input/output market agents and other economic interest groups will prepare LDPs. The Local Fadama Desk at the local government will serve as secretariat to the LFDC and will screen LDPs, and comprise two civil servants of the local government.
Though all were low-income areas, the four study neighborhoods (Alajo, Bukom, Old Fadama, and Shiabu) were selected for variation in types of settlements, location, flooding, and household and public sanitation coverage.86,113 Further details on neighborhood selection and characteristics are described elsewhere.86,113 All study protocols were approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Emory University and the NMIMR IRB, University of Ghana.
Recently threats have been made to demolish the slum settlement of Old Fadama, and indeed evictions of smaller, dispersed settlements are actually occurring within Accra.
Provision of support to Fadama user groups within participating FCAs for the acquisition of eligible productive equipment, tools and installations that are supportive of local smallholder agriculture, livestock, forestry and fishery sectors, including input supply, marketing and processing to enhance the productive, economic and social empowerment of the fadama communities.
Public toilets observed in all study neighborhoods, except Old Fadama (where the most public toilets were located), were classified as contained.
Provision of advisory services to assist Fadama users in obtaining skills and knowledge to accompany new investments in infrastructure and the acquisition of assets, including productivity-enhancing techniques, and appropriate storage, processing, and marketing practices, in order to increase productivity of fadama enterprises, increase income and access to markets.