Chairperson of Agribusiness at Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), Fatima Ali Mohammed has urged the government in invest in Ghanaian youth and provide incentives that will attract youth into agric.
Ms Mohammed, speaking at the 2022 Ghana Agriculture and Agro Processing Awards held in Accra on Friday, April 22, 2022 revealed that many youths do not want to remain impoverished and always strive to work hard and succeed in life.
Fatima Alimohammed further called on the government to invest in the youth to utilize their intellectual property for the growth of the agricultural sector.
The future is the youth…I love the fact that they have no issues with trying. The youth are hustlers because they are fed up with seeing what their parents have gone through, what their great grandparents have gone through and they don’t want to remain poor forever. That’s the reason a youth can put his hand into 5 different projects. If one fails, he’s got another 4. If 4 fail, he’s going to try something else”, she added.
“We need to use what the youth think about. They are great at technology. They are great in terms of creating apps, solutions, and financial banking. So we can start getting the youth to start to think of solutions that are agri based and putting in awards, incentives….” the Chairperson of Agribusiness at AGI said.
Speaking on food security, she said, investment in storage infrastructure and advanced food processing methods was crucial to addressing the challenge of food security in Ghana.
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