Private Extension
Extension and Advisory Services
Despite their important role as food producers, their commercial prospects for remain a challenge. Key issues include finding better means of coordinating and sustaining services, and implementing policies that build the capabilities of farmers to raise incomes by linking to various types of markets.
Extension systems, consulting and advisory services, and training programs have the potential of helping various farmer types to improve their production and market linkages despite having different needs and capabilities.
We provide technical advisory at varying points to ensure the farmer gets the right quantity and quality of inputs at the right time, at the right price, applied at the right time and in the right way.
Land preparation, input distribution, ploughing, tractor services, harvesting, processing, storage and marketing. We support farmers to implement strategies for continuous improvement on-farm to achieve sustainability and productivity goals.
Consultancy Services
We provide training and support services to smallholder farmers and agribusiness enterprises in the sector with the following:
Agribusiness Solutions
Business consultation, feasibility, appraisal, business plans, start-up development, investment opportunities
Value Addition
Processing, preservation and packaging
Market
Market research development, market facilitation and linkages
Production
Project development, product development and contract farming, organic farming
Technology
Irrigation, pest management, traceability, business appraisal, and financial reporting tools
Training
Good agricultural practices, food safety, skills and capacity development, incubator and accelerator hubs, agricultural tourism and internship, study tours
Input
Seed, fertilizer, equipment, private extension
Finance
Grant and loan facilitation, proposal development, inventory, budgeting and cost management
Community
community project development, public-private partnerships, contract farming
Training
Customized Program
Starting with conversations between our team and yours, we build your training from the ground up. We work together to identify and understand your training objectives and goals. You have an opportunity to discuss your training and development objectives with our specialist team.
Modular Training Program
It is estimated that over 70% of agribusiness startups fail within the first five years. How can you establish a sustainable agribusiness enterprise? Do you have a startup or idea but do not know where to get funding? How to you plan your production activity for continuous supply throughout the year? Why the need to plan the marketing of your produce? How do you develop a bankable business proposal for funding? How do you get the right investors to support your start-up or scale up your enterprise? We have developed practical training to answer all these questions and more.
This modular training program offers individuals the unique opportunity to acquire the requisite skills in either working in agribusiness enterprises or establishing their own. The program can be taken as a group or as an individual and is made up of a wide range of topics from leadership, creativity, management and other technical areas.
Participants gain relevant skills, practical experience, leadership and innovative skills that can help them to become change-makers in the sector. Below are some of the modules:
- Introduction to Agripreneurship
- Introduction to Agribusiness
- Financing Agribusiness Enterprise
- Agribusiness marketing
- Communication in Business
- Recruiting the right people
- Self-Management
- Fundamentals of Project Management
- Financing for start-ups
- Raising capital for project expansion
- Implementing Projects
- Personal Productivity
- Building a great team
- Increasing Performance
LOCATION
2nd Floor, Meshama House, Dansoman Junction, Accra, Ghana.
Postal Address: P.O. Box KA 18202, Airport-Accra, Ghana.
Mobile: + 233 599 369 856
Office: + 233 203 003 611
Email: info@agripreneursafrica.org
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