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he Mastercard Foundation in partnership with Agri-Impact Limited has rolled out an ambitious and transformative program dubbed Harnessing Agricultural Productivity and Prosperity for Youth (HAPPY) to be implemented by eight Implementing Partners including NewAge Agric Solutions, National Service Scheme (NSS), Ghana Cares (MiDA), Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA), Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), TechnoServe, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and Jobberman. 

HAPPY is built on 3 intervention areas: i) increasing production and productivity within the poultry, rice, soybean, and tomato value chains, ii) promoting value addition, fostering entrepreneurship, and facilitating market development and iii) developing strategic policies and advancing youth, gender, social inclusion and voice and agency.  

The program aims to create 326,000 dignified and fulfilling jobs for youth (70% women) and persons with disability, increase food production by 190,000 tons, generate annual revenue of over $200million, and increase agricultural productivity in rice, soybean, tomato, and poultry value chains to reduce import of strategic foods by 10%.

Under HAPPY, Agri-Impact Limited is collaborating with the E-Learning Centre of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to roll out the e-HAPPY Project. The e-HAPPY training programs seek to deepen the use of ICT, and youth-led digital solutions to transform the agri-food systems in Ghana. 

The objectives of e-HAPPY Program include;

  • Build the capacity of 100 selected youth in the use of innovative digital technological and pedagogical tools through tailor-made coaching modules.

  •  Train 500 trainers of trainers (TOT) youth to become HAPPY Program ambassadors to drive a technology-driven agribusiness ecosystem.

  • Repurpose/co-create selected content suitable for virtual environments with Agri-impact partners.

  • Create targeted, innovative online training/technology transfer modules based on identified needs along the Agri-food value chain.

  • Equip youth to use programming for integrating and programming Internet of Things (IoT) devices in agriculture while using machine learning concepts to develop models for predicting crop yields, pest outbreaks, or optimal environmental conditions based on historical data.

Samuel Okyere

I must say, it has been an enlightening experience. Throughout these two days of training, our facilitators have been engaging, supportive and encouraging. The practical demonstration of using Zoom, Google Forms and Bitrix24 as an upcoming entrepreneur and extension officer caught my attention in particular. 

The platform's adaptability and user-friendly design really pleased me. With skill, our facilitators led us through Bitrix24's features and tools, showing us how to use them for efficient data administration, communication, and farmer involvement.

HAPPY Program Participant
e-HAPPY Participant

Isaac Adjina Tetteh

The training just started yesterday, but the impact in just two days has already changed our lives and advanced our thinking. We are very grateful for this great opportunity, and we promise to adhere to and practice everything we are learning here. 

God bless the KNUST E-Learning Center, Agri-Impact, and the MasterCard Foundation.

HAPPY Program Participant
e-HAPPY Participant

Mr. Samuel Ntim

“The HAPPY Program has brought life to hatcheries and the poultry value chain, which had not been functioning properly for years,” he said, adding that it has helped reduce poultry imports by about 50,000 metric tons per annum.

CEO of NAPLE Betta
Mr. Samuel Ntim

e-HAPPY Program

  • March 14, 2024 By nriverson
e-agripreneurs

The Mastercard Foundation in partnership with Agri-Impact Limited has rolled out an ambitious and transformative program dubbed Harnessing Agricultural Productivity and Prosperity for Youth (HAPPY) to be implemented by eight Implementing Partners including NewAge Agric Solutions, National Service Scheme (NSS), Ghana Cares (MiDA), Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA), Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), TechnoServe, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and Jobberman. 

Mastercard Foundation
e-Happy Program
Youth
Employment
Jobs
Women
Persons with disability
rice
soyabean
tomato
poultry

HAPPY Program unlocks agri-enterprise opportunities for young Ghanaian women

  • March 08, 2024 By nriverson

Happy International Women's Day

Today, we salute the trailblazing women who drive progress with their resilience and wisdom. At Agri-Impact Limited, our warmest wishes go out to all women worldwide. As we rally around this year's theme, "Invest in women: Accelerate progress", we acknowledge the pivotal role of women in agriculture.

Mastercard Foundation
HAPPY Program
Women
Youth
agri-enterprises
digital technology
Agriculture
agribusiness

Francis Mbroh

“Besides offering agriculture at both S.H.S and Tertiary, I never imagined myself working in the agriculture field. I was more interested in technology and believed it to be the future. However, after enhancing my skills in programming and other IT areas through online courses and bootcamps, I didn't have a clear path as to what to do with these skills.

HAPPY Program Participant
e-HAPPY Participant

Ameya-Kyere Michael Morningstar

Before the commencement of this program i preferred the “solo player” working ethics and was so full of individualism. But the few cup games/exercises helped me to understand the importance and impact of teamwork, and collaboration. It also helped me appreciate how significant the imperatives of planning and discipline are. Team wheat planned and executed the plan accordingly and eventually the outcome was justified.  

HAPPY Program Participant
e-HAPPY Participant
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