The Probe

Meanwhile, young agriculturists are urging a shift in how agriculture is perceived, insisting the sector should be recognized as a profitable business capable of creating wealth and jobs for Ghana's youth.

Young agriculturist Hamid Mohamed Shaban said greater exposure to commercial farming, mentorship and practical training will encourage more young people to venture into agribusiness instead of viewing agriculture as a last resort career.

I believe that this whole perception about agriculture in sweaty, tattered clothes is from the fact that there's not much visibility into agriculture.

There's not much education.

People are not being taught that agriculture is not just a space for sustenance.

Agriculture is a space for business.

And the youth are having the perception that agriculture is just about the whole being on your shoulders and moving to the farm, sweating, weeding and stuff.

But then with the rights, education like with what agrihouse did with us agrihouse didn't just put us in rooms to tell us what agriculture is they took us to big farms they took us to people doing agriculture as a business because mostly we know that there are lots of smallholder farmers and then that is the perception that you see about agriculture but with the right exposure with the right knowledge with the right trainings with the right mentorship just like with what agrihouse is doing I think that the perception will change.

And mind you, when we look at our basic schools and senior high schools,