Agricultural growth needs to move from donor-dependency to profitable trade-driven agriculture. That’s coming from the President Ghana Agricultural Chamber of Commerce.
Some analysts have attributed the decrease in agricultural investment, as well as a decline in the performance of the agricultural sector to low public investments.
How can youth unemployment be addressed? It is by massive investments in agriculture, say experts. DANIEL ESSIET reports.
Good news stories about transformation in African agriculture abound with some positive statistics to back them up. The general story is that farmers are adopting improved agricultural practices, that productivity is increasing and that rural economies are burgeoning.
Young people are the future—and present—of agriculture. As we look to dramatically and sustainably scale-up agricultural production to meet
Ghanaian agritech startup TroTro Tractor has raised US$50,000 funding from oil and gas firm KOSMOS Energy, as well as mentorship from the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST).
The understanding of agriculture by many young people or naive person is limited to farming which has to do with cultivating crops and harvesting the cultivated crops. This invariably means that many did not think beyond the primary production end of crops farming.
The secret behind agriculture as a goldmine to tap into remains that agriculture comprises of many enterprises along the value chain which has more return on income based on understanding and management practices put in place.
Lancée en mars 2014 par de jeunes Togolais, la société Choco Togo s’est spécialisée dans la production de chocolat bio en utilisant des méthodes traditionnelles. Plus de deux ans après, la coopérative ambitionne de multiplier sa production et de conquérir de nouveaux marchés.
Experts are seeking innovative ways of financing rural and subsistence agriculture to boost food production, develop agriculture and transform rural communities, DANIEL ESSIET reports.
According to the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics, the national unemployment rate is 23.9 percent with the youth accounting for more than 70 percent. Increased involvement of youth in agricultural activities will help reduce the problems of the ageing farm population and increasing youth unemployment.
Nigeria’s government has attempted to stimulate youth’s interest in agricultural production and processing since the late 1980s. In 1986, the federal government established the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) to provide vocational training to the youth, and in 1987, the Better Life Programme was created to empower women, especially female youths in the rural areas through skills acquisition and healthcare training.
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