Former President Kufuor said because “farming in many parts of the developing world is exhausting, back-breaking, unreformed, dawn to dusk effort with little reward, it holds little attraction to the better educated younger generation.
“We have to do more to involve the younger generation agriculture. Policy must ensure this by making rural areas livable. We need their energy and openness to new ideas.
“By providing local schools, electrification, good roads and health care; by increasing the rewards of farming, we are keeping more young people on the land.”
To achieve this, former President Kufuor said there is need for political will and leadership at every level to confront the challenges in agriculture.
“The machinery of government has to be harnessed to deliver the changes you want to see. It needs governments to put social justice at the heart of their plans but also to have awareness of the opportunities that the market brings.”
Making Agriculture attractive for the Youth involves a collaborative effort.
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