Greenhouse technology holds employment potential

It is obvious that this challenge will intensify if job opportunities remain limited as it is now.

The agricultural sector, however, is deemed to be the engine of growth and job creation because it has the highest potential among the gamut of enterprises in this part of the world.

In this regard, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) is working to make agriculture attractive to the youth and create decent employment opportunities through the greenhouse village and capacity-building centres, especially in our rural communities.

Setback

It will be recalled that, in the year 2015, vegetable cultivation and exports suffered some setbacks when the European Union imposed a ban on selected vegetables to be exported to the European market.

Thankfully, the MoFA acted promptly as a result, the ban was lifted in December 2017. This opened opportunities for increased production and export of vegetables to the European markets.

Capacity-building centre

It was against this background, that the concept of the greenhouse villages was wholly embraced because of its potential benefits to actors along the vegetable value chain and the economy as a whole.

On January 29, 2020, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo inaugurated the Akumadan Greenhouse Village and capacity-building centre in the Ashanti Region.

Greenhouse

The greenhouse technology is a technique of creating an enabling environmental condition for plants or vegetables to grow. The system primarily protects plants from unfavourable climatic conditions, ensuring increased yields and reducing labour and costs.

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