Ghana’s ACHI Project Teaches Farmers Climate‑Smart Horticulture Techniques
The four‑year ACHI initiative, backed by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency, is training Ghanaian farmers and students in drip irrigation, plastic mulch, and integrated pest management.
In Brief
- •The four‑year ACHI initiative, backed by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency, is training Ghanaian farmers and students in drip irrigation, plastic mulch, and integrated pest management.
- •A demonstration farm in Ejura showed smallholders how to produce more from limited land, boosting yields and vegetable quality.
- •Participants, including young farmer Obiri Yeboah Daniel, plan to share new practices with their cooperatives and markets such as Kumasi.
Why It Matters
The ACHI Project equips smallholder farmers and horticulture students with practical skills and technologies that increase productivity while conserving water and reducing waste. By enabling farmers to produce higher‑quality vegetables on smaller plots, the initiative supports food security, rural income growth, and climate resilience in Ghana’s growing horticulture sector.
Key Details
- Project Duration
- 2024‑2028
- Funding Agency
- Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO)
- Implementing Partners
- TU Delft, Holland Greentech
- Demonstration Site
- Ejura College of Agriculture and Mechanisation Centre
- Techniques Demonstrated
- Drip irrigation, sprinklers, plastic mulch, hybrid seeds, sticky traps
- Target Beneficiaries
- Smallholder farmers, students, graduates
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