Following the successful implementation of phase 1, this project came in to scale up, expand and create/achieve impact at scale. It targeted 100 vulnerable women (HIV/AIDs victims, Disabled and widows) where 20 of whom benefited in phase 1 and 80 new ones from different villages. They were trained in growing sunflowers, each was given 1 kilogram of quality sunflower seeds, 1 gumboot, 1 tarpaulin and a branded project t-shirt. They planted the seeds in their own gardens and they will be expected to add value to their harvested sunflower seed for them to generate income. ADEGCO has already linked and connected them to Popular Knowledge Women Initiative Farmer – to- Farmer Cooperative Society Limited (PKWI FFC) which owns a sunflower processing machine and as well buy the processed products.
This project aims at bumper production of sunflower seeds which will necessitate establishment of its own sunflower processing machine to guarantee cheap and sustainable processing of the harvested sunflower seeds.
