Making a Difference: How farmers in Ghana benefit from the Agricultural Mechanization Services Enterprise Centers Program

Africa’s agricultural sector, particularly south of the Sahara, has enormous potential to provide jobs and food for a growing population—contributing to food security, economic growth, and poverty reduction. But none of this will happen on its own; realizing this promise requires robust, sustained investment into the sector. 

At the same time, the sector faces growing stresses as demographic shifts put rising pressure on Africa’s farming systems to produce more food with less labor. The continent’s population continues to grow, with larger numbers of people having migrated to cities in recent years, in search of new opportunities, typically in non-farm work.