Youth Farming Empowered: NSA Leads Push to Make Agriculture a Profitable
Author: Prosper Amedeka
The National Service Authority (NSA) has embarked on an ambitious initiative aimed at
encouraging more young people to pursue agriculture as a viable and profitable profession,
aligning closely with President Mahama’s sector revitalization agenda.
The NSA has established a model farm at Haatso Papao, designed to provide practical
exposure and business opportunities for young graduates interested in agriculture. The farm
demonstrates farming’s potential to generate employment and support Ghana’s economic
transformation.
Speaking on Multicdb’s Farm and Field Show, Hon. Fuesini Donkor, Deputy Director-General of Operations for the NSA, expressed the agency’s strong commitment to advancing the Feed Ghana agenda.
want to be the leading agency tpush government Feed Ghanagenda.”
The initiative forms part of a larger effort to reposition the National Service Scheme transforming it beyond traditional administrative work placements into a strategic engine for entrepreneurship and agribusiness growth.
By equipping young people with hands-on agricultural skills and market access opportunities,the NSA hopes to inspire a new generation of farmers and agri-entrepreneurs capable of sustaining Ghana’s food security and contributing to long-term national prosperity.
This push toward youth-centered agriculture signifies a promising shift in Ghana’s economic diversification efforts and could redefine how the nation builds its future workforce.