The Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and His Royal Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, on Saturday, August 1, 2020, commissioned the Youth in Greenhouse Enterprise Project – KNUST. The greenhouses sited on KNUST campus is funded by Ghana EXIM Bank and implemented by Agri-Impact Consult (AIC).
The leading greenhouse technology service provider in Ghana, Agri-impact Consult has responded to a call for support and donated items, both cash and in-kind amounting to twenty thousand Ghana cedis (GHS 20,000) to the Berekuso Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) Compound in Berekuso.
The desire to make agriculture/agribusiness attractive to the Ghanaian youth has been given a major boost by Ghana Export-Import Bank (GEXIM) under the Youth in Greenhouse Enterprise Project (YUGEP). YUGEP seeks to boost the production of high-quality vegetables and create 400 direct and over 600 indirect jobs thus, reducing importation of vegetables, reducing unemployment, and contributing to stabilizing inflation.
“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.
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.
Great opportunities.. and mind-renewing training…I am excited for the future already my fellow billionaires and Entrepreneurs…
Congratulations to us all for
The project’s implementing partners were, Research Triangle Institute (RTI), Cuttington University, University of Liberia, University of Michigan, and North Carolina State University. ASNAPP/AIC served as the consortium lead on this project and performed various roles which included:
