Improving the Poultry Sector
The Ghana Poultry Project (GPP) will increase the competitiveness of the domestic production and processing of poultry meat and eggs.
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Enhancing Growth in New Enterprises
Despite a high volume of of entrepreneurial activity, Ghana has a low rate of success in transforming small enterprises into larger, more productive companies, which can help to promote economic growth and create jobs.
Agribusiness Provides a Path to Youth Employment in Africa
Young entrepreneurs like Audrey Allotey are starting and growing food businesses that provide key products and create jobs in their communities.
Mobile Training for Rural Farmers
With large rural populations in Africa, it can be difficult to reach farmers for training and traveling to training can be costly and time consuming for farmers. The Mobile Training Unit project is an innovative agricultural extension training approach, which allows for large groups of smallholder farmers to receive audio and visual training lessons in rural areas.
Q&A: The Role of Agribusiness in Youth Unemployment
Rural development expert Cleopatra Ngulube explores the role of agribusiness in addressing youth unemployment.
Designing Programs that Work in Diverse Settings
The Mobile Training Program demonstrates how innovative projects can be adapted to achieve success in different contexts and geographies.
Bigger Harvests, Brighter Horizons in Ghana
TechnoServe helped to show how a new way of working with the supply chain can unlock the potential of Ghana’s smallholder farmers.
Cocoa Farmers Band Together For Profits
The members of the Muoho Cocoa Farmer Group are hard at work, even as the sound of their laughter echoes through the cocoa forest. They sit around a huge mound of harvested cocoa pods. Each one must be broken open to remove the pulp and beans inside, a job that…
Enhancing Food and Income Security
TechnoServe helped farmers in marginalized areas of northern Ghana to earn more for their crops while ensuring a better food supply for the region.
Making Cocoa More Profitable
Ghana is one of the world's top producers of cocoa, a highly-demanded export crop grown by an estimated 700,000 farmers.
