{"id":884,"date":"2024-10-20T11:15:51","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T11:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mida.gov.gh\/staging\/3036\/?p=884"},"modified":"2026-03-25T11:57:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T11:57:52","slug":"economic-enclaves-project-de-risking-agriculture-for-ghanas-private-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mida.gov.gh\/staging\/3036\/economic-enclaves-project-de-risking-agriculture-for-ghanas-private-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Economic Enclaves Project de-risking agriculture for Ghana\u2019s private sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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In a significant move to revolutionize Ghana\u2019s agricultural sector, the government\u2019s Ghana CARES \u201cObaatan Pa\u201d Programme, through the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA), is reporting substantial progress in its ambitious Economic Enclaves Project (EEP). The initiative, designed to de-risk agriculture and enhance the sector\u2019s contribution to the national economy, has achieved remarkable milestones in its initial phase of implementation.<\/p>

Strategic Implementation and Early Successes<\/strong><\/p>

The project\u2019s first phase has successfully developed 4,000 acres of agricultural land across three major enclaves \u2013 Kasunya, Oti, and Kumawu. A crucial component of this development has been the construction of 80 kilometers of farm access roads, significantly improving connectivity and market access for farmers in these regions.<\/p>

\u201cThe progress we\u2019re seeing across our economic enclaves demonstrates the transformative potential of well-planned agricultural investments,\u201d noted Mr. Mathew Armah, Chief Operating Officer of MiDA, during a recent stakeholder engagement. \u201cThese achievements represent just the beginning of our comprehensive agricultural transformation agenda.\u201d<\/p>

Youth Employment and Capacity Building<\/strong><\/p>

One significant achievement of the EEP has been its impact on youth employment and agricultural entrepreneurship. The project has trained over 1,000 young people in communities surrounding the enclaves. Through partnership with the Agri-Impact\u2019s HAPPY Project, more than 300 youth have received specialized agricultural training, with an impressive 90% success rate in transitioning to become young entrepreneur farmers.<\/p>

In the Kasunya enclave alone, these trained youth are now managing approximately 1000 acres of rice cultivation, demonstrating the project\u2019s success in combining agricultural development with youth empowerment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Infrastructure Development<\/strong><\/p>

The project\u2019s infrastructure development has been particularly notable in the Kasunya enclave, which has emerged as a model for agricultural transformation. Key developments include:<\/p>

  • Construction of 20 kilometers of irrigation canals<\/li>
  • Development of over 40 kilometers of farm roads<\/li>
  • Installation of a 2-kilometer earth dam<\/li>
  • Implementation of 20 kilometers of drainage systems<\/li>
  • Establishment of two pumping stations<\/li>
  • Construction of water reservoirs for irrigation<\/li>
  • Installation of modern electrical infrastructure<\/li>
  • Building of a 450-square-meter warehouse and equipment hub<\/li>
  • Development of housing facilities for 180 youth farmers<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    In a significant move to revolutionize Ghana\u2019s agricultural sector, the government\u2019s Ghana CARES \u201cObaatan Pa\u201d Programme, through the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA), is reporting substantial progress in its ambitious Economic Enclaves Project (EEP). The initiative, designed to de-risk agriculture and enhance the sector\u2019s contribution to the national economy, has achieved remarkable milestones in its initial […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-development","category-projects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mida.gov.gh\/staging\/3036\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mida.gov.gh\/staging\/3036\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mida.gov.gh\/staging\/3036\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mida.gov.gh\/staging\/3036\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mida.gov.gh\/staging\/3036\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mida.gov.gh\/staging\/3036\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mida.gov.gh\/staging\/3036\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mida.gov.gh\/staging\/3036\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mida.gov.gh\/staging\/3036\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mida.gov.gh\/staging\/3036\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}