Programme to entice youth into vegetable cultivation launched
Mr Siaw giving an overview of the project

Programme to entice youth into vegetable cultivation launched

An agricultural programme dubbed: ‘Youth in organic horticulture production (YouHop)’, intended to entice the youth in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem municipality in the Western Region into wholesome vegetable cultivation, has been launched at Tarkwa.

Gold Fields Ghana Limited and the Federal Republic of Germany, under its employment for sustainable development in Africa programme, have committed 800,000 Euros to the three-year project which is designed to create employment and improve incomes for about 1,000 young people in the municipality.

Under the terms of the project, Gold Fields will provide funding and other forms of assistance, including equipment and farming inputs, support for the promotion of the Ghana Green Label and farmer business schools, as well as stakeholder workshops.

The green label certification is to ensure that vegetables produced under the YouHop programme will seek certification from the Ghana Green Label Secretariat to confirm that they were pro

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