The HAPPY Progamme
Harnessing Agriculture Productivity and Prosperity for Youth
Overview
Transforming Youth Agriculture
The HAPPY Project aims to create sustainable employment opportunities for Ghanaian youth by transforming agriculture into a commercially viable and attractive sector. The programme focuses on equipping young people with technical, entrepreneurial, and agribusiness skills, while facilitating access to land, finance, and markets.
Through the development of economic enclaves and structured in-grower/out-grower models, the project enhances productivity, promotes value chain integration, and supports inclusive agricultural growth. The goal is to improve incomes, livelihoods, and resilience among youth, engaged in the programme.
The goal is to improve incomes, livelihoods, and resilience among youth engaged in the programme.
Programme Goal
Empowering Youth through Agricultural Productivity and Sustainable Prosperity. The goal is to sustainably enhance the incomes, livelihoods, and resilience of youth engaged in the programme.
Project Locations
Where We Operate
Kasunya (Greater Accra Region)
Kasunya - Main Project Site
Greater Accra Region
Impact Data
Key Implementation Figures
5882 Youth
Beneficiaries (direct and indirect) engaged to date.
1207 Youth
Farmers trained and deployed (in-growers)
Six Anchor Farmers
Engaged across multiple
25,876.27 (MT)
Production Figures
6081.6 hectares
Land Cultivation
How It Works
Working Capital & Revolving Fund
The HAPPY Project provides working capital support and input (seeds, fertiliser, crop protection) and mechanization services to farmers through a self-sustaining revolving fund model.
1
Input Support
Youth Farmers receive seeds, fertiliser, and agricultural inputs to start cultivation.
2
Harvest & Repay
After harvest, youth farmers repay the cost of inputs from their proceeds.
3
Keep Profits
All profits remain with the youth farmers, building their financial independence.
Repaid funds are recycled to support the existing cohort of youth farmers
New funding is made available yearly to support new cohort
Initiatives
Key Programmes
DiWAOW (Diversity in Women in Agriculture Initiative)
Twelve (12) women were equipped with skills in tractor operation and agricultural mechanization. This has resulted in five securing permanent employment and seven currently serving on internship.
Trade Millers Training
Eighty (80) young women and men were successfully trained to build their skills in rice drying and storage. The goal was to empower them to turn rice drying and storage into profitable and sustainable businesses right in their own communities.
YESSPRO (Youth Entrepreneurship in Seed Systems Production)
YESSPRO successfully trained 25 youth, equipping them with practical skills and entrepreneurial knowledge in certified seed production. The programme empowers participants to build sustainable businesses while strengthening reliable seed supply within their communities.
