A project that seeks to build the capacity of more than 46,000 graduate youth in agriculture to increase crop yields and animal products was launched yesterday in Gomoa in the Central Region.
Known as Harnessing Agricultural Productivity and Prosperity for Youth (HAPPY), the project aims to cultivate 20,000 acres of land over the course of four years to create 81,980 jobs in agribusiness.
The overachieving goal is to increase food production (rice, soybean, tomato) and poultry by 104,000 by metric tonnes over the life span of the project, 2024-2028.
Launching it, the Director General of the National Service Authority (NSA), Mr Osei Assibey Antwi, said the HAPPY project was meant to harness the potential of the youth in agriculture to drive innovation, sustainability and economic growth.