Gov’t urged to provide funding to help youth venture into agriculture

The Institute for Fiscal Studies has called on the government to include funding in the budget for loans to help young people enter the agricultural sector, regardless of their political affiliation.

The Institute believes that implementing this initiative could boost agricultural production and drive overall economic growth if the Ministry of Finance implements it.

At a recent press briefing on what government should include in the upcoming budget, Dr. Said Boakye, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute, stressed the importance of implementing stringent mechanisms to ensure proper accountability for the loans.

“Massively mobilise the youth for strategic key agricultural products on a team basis by providing them with seed money. But disregard party affiliation if you want to be successful. That’s capital on credit… For this to take place, the government has to facilitate the acquisition of government lands,” Dr. Boakye noted.