Ghana

Agri-Entrepreneurship Training in Ghana
CCPP Funded Project Through ACCC
1997-2002

NSAC and the Community Economic Development (CED) Centre of the Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) assisted Tamale Polytechnic of northern Ghana in course design and development of training modules in agri-entrepreneurship. Other partners were the Ghanaian National Bureau for Small Scale Industry, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, and the National Bureau for Women in Development.

The project introduced entrepreneurial concepts and skills to groups and individuals working in the agri-food sector. This project focused mainly on women in the northern region of Ghana and aimed to increase the capacity of these women to improve their standard of living.

Five different case studies were completed in Northern Ghana and a training manual developed entitled “Successful Agri-Entrepreneurship” (make this a link?) an agri-entrepreneurship training manual for Northern Ghana.

The case studies were entitled:

1)

An in-depth study into the barriers to income generation – The case of the “Ti-Son Taba” Women’s group of the yarn weaving section of the women farmers demonstration home, Nanton, Ghana

2)

Loan repayment in the northern region of Ghana – The case of the NBSSI

3)

An in-depth study on fish smoking – A case study on Kokopei community in the Northern Region of Ghana

4)

A participatory approach to identify, analyses and solve problems associated with reluctance of micro and small scale entrepreneurs in keeping business records – A case study of Tamale, Yendi, Dmango and Walewale in the Northern Region

5)

An analytical study of the problem of marketing tomato produce from the Tono-Navrongo irrigated lands of the upper east region of Ghana