HANDOVER OF LEASES TO YOUTH INVESTORS

On April 27, 2022, lease agreements were handed over to eleven (11) of the forty (40) youths selected for placement at the Toll Gate Mango Agro Park under the expansion of the Youth in Agriculture Programme.  The programme is expected to:

  1. Increase access to government-owned Agro Park and Production Zone lands for eligible young farmers.
  2. Improve the economic and social status of the youths.
  3. Increase agribusiness knowledge and entrepreneurial skills among young farmers.
  4. Focus on youths and technology and form clusters led by youths to facilitate knowledge sharing and collaboration in agribusiness activities.
  5. Create sustainable linkages between young farmers and stakeholders in the agribusiness sector.

Youth investors pose with documents at the handover of leases to 11 investors to be placed on lands across the Agro Parks and Production Zones that are managed by the Agro-Investment Corporation. Ceremony was held at the Toll Gate Mango Agro-Park on April 27, 2022.