Agric education fund launched: 5 Companies put up GH¢3.5m seed fund - Targets GH¢10m by December

It will be built through the collective effort of the government, businesses, development partners, institutions and citizens working together in the national interest,” he emphasised He recognised the five pioneering Ghanaian agribusinesses, whose support had helped to mobilise the initial seed funding for the initiative, and said they understood the realities of the Ghanaian agriculture sector.

Agriculture education has received a big boost with the launch of the Ghana Agricultural Education Transformation Fund (GAFET), a landmark initiative to support sustainable financing for agricultural education, innovation and skills development in the country.

Coalition Mr Odarteifio said for the first time in the history of the country, a coalition of Ghanaian-led agribusinesses had come together to invest not in their own balance sheets, but in the future of young agriculture students and graduates whose destinies were on the verge of obscurity and irrelevance.