Creating Agripreneurs YOUTH IN AGRICULTURE PROGRAMME (YIAP) NATIONAL PROGRAM SECRETARIAT MINISTRY OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE   Creating Agripreneurs Economic Empowerment Through Youth Agripreneurs Developing and Empowering Communities through Viable Youth Agribusiness Projects.

Youth unemployment situation Youth within 15 to 34 years age bracket constitute 40 percent of the labour force Youth unemployment rate is 12.8 percent, and increasing, Graduates along the various educational ladder. Medium to long-term national security concerns “oxygen is to a fire, so is unemployed youths to insurgencies”. Need for a paradigm shift in the approach create real businesses create sustainable employment.

Agriculture is the key Gov’t Created The Youth in Agriculture Programme Agriculture has the highest potential to employ the youth Mandate: create REAL businesses absorb the youth unique allocation of resources from various sources Various intervention projects crops, livestock, fisheries and agribusinesses.

Executive commitment to Youth in Agriculture

Previous achievement under the block farming, aquaculture, poultry, livestock and agribusiness YEAR BLOCK FARM (NO. OF BENECIARIES) AQUACULTURE LIVESTOCK/POULTRY AGRIBUSINESS 2009 47,000 - 2010 80,000 500 young women were trained in Value addition 2011 81,000 250 Youth were trained in aquaculture 670 young women were trained in Value addition 2012 45,000 300 Youth were trained in Aquaculture, 50 floating fish cages were constructed and distributed 100 parent stock of pigs were imported for multiplication and distribution 300 young women were trained in Value addition

Funding for projects CHALLENGES Late delivery of inputs . Limited storage facilities Need to improve infrastructure at the secretariat Need for real agribusiness footprints

Current Program Management approach YIAP Board/Fund Management YIAP Program Management Team Recapitalization Fund Project Teams Project Concept 1 Beneficiary Group/ Individual 1 Project Concept 2 Individual 2 Project Concept 3 Individual 3 Individual 4 Projects Concept ..X Individual Group ..X Commercial Unit YIAP Board/Fund Management YIAP Program Management Team Recapitalization Fund Project Teams Project Concept 1 Beneficiary Group/ Individual 1 Project Concept 2 Individual 2 Project Concept 3 Individual 3 Individual 4 Projects Concept ..X Individual Group ..X Commercial Unit

Program Funding & Fund Management Contributors Develop’t Partners GoG Etc. NGOs Private Sector Enveloped Fund Fund Management YIAP: Responsible & Accountable Contributors: Consulted & Informed National Program Secretariat

Business/Continuous Excellence embedded in Project Modules Knowing what is important to our business OMP Contributing to what is important Cascading of measures, VSD Having a voice, receiving feedback and recognition Operational Reviews Decisions made where most relevant Enabling everybody to solve problems Basic problem solving & Lean Functional practices are applied and improved Standards Everybody continuously strives to improve Everybody is aligned on the projects Everybody is engaged OMP : Operational Master Plan VSD : Value stream design

Summary of identified projects Farmer Input Credit Scheme Project Cereal (Maize) Production Youth in Rice Cultivation Cassava farming Freshwater Fish (Tilapia/Catfish) Farming Small Ruminant Farming Poultry Production Cotton Production Mushroom Cultivation Extension Services Support Cocoa Production & Social Interventions Onion Cultivation Green House ( Enviro Dome) vegetable cultivation `

Proposed Project Locations Projects/Locations Ashanti Brong Ahafo Central Eastern Greater Accra Northern Upper East Upper West Volta Western Farmer Input Credit Scheme X Cereals (Maize)   Rice Cassava Aquaculture Small Ruminants Poultry Cotton Mushroom  X Extensions services support Cocoa Onion Green House (Envirodome)

Example: Fresh water fish (Tilapia) farming Business case for each module Example: Fresh water fish (Tilapia) farming Introduction Tilapia farming in fresh water, along side shrimps and oyster, provide a huge opportunity for investment. The availability of the Volta Lake with appropriate depth and adequate dissolved oxygen provides such a unique opportunity Market is available with possible export potentials About …….. GHC Annual Turnover About ……% Returns on Investment Over …… youth ……. indirect jobs Employed Capacity …….years Payback Period ……… million GHC Initial Invested Capital Stipend Project Description A project involving a ……cage with ….. million fingerlings is envisaged to be a high level income generating venture Project inputs: cages, fingerlings procurement and most importantly feed for the fingerling

Quick Wins Rice Cultivation through out-grower scheme Freshwater Fish (Tilapia/Catfish) Farming Poultry Production

One Pager – Rice module

Concept and approach

Work plan - aquaculture

Summary location, outcome PROJECTS No. of Ha/BIRDS/CAGES LOCATIONS NO. OF AGRIPRENEURS NO. OF INDIRECT JOBS MAIZE/Ha 10,000 Ashanti, Brong Ahafo, Western, Northern, UER, UWR. 2,500 5,000 RICE/Ha 9,000 Eastern, Volta, Northern, 15,000 AQUACULTURE (FISH) 500 Eastern, Volta Region 2,000 3,500 POULTRY (BIRDS) 1,030,000 Ashanti, Brong Ahafo, GAR, Eastern Region, 20,000 TOTAL   18,500 43,500

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