Organization: Syecomp Business Services
Country: Ghana
http://agricinghana.wordpress.com/
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Blog description:
The agricinghana blog seeks to highlight issues on agricultural development in Ghana and in the sub-region. It brings to the fore technological innovations and practices that can be shared and made relevant to farmers and other stakeholders in the value chain. The blog also promotes agricultural research works and provides information on various market access support services available to increase productivity, incomes and livelihoods of farmers-be it youth farmers, women and adult farmers. The technical agri-business activities of Syecomp Business Services is also promoted on this blog.
CONTENTS
- Market access innovation
- Youths in Agriculture
- Challenges of smallholder farmers in Ghana
- Esoko-Help me find market
- Government sense of direction with Agricultural policies
- Farming as a business
- NGOs and donor funds for agricultural development
- Research from our academia to enhance agricultural productivity
- Syecomp Business Services in Action!
- Youngdevs Initiative Ghana-Empowering Rural Youths through Agriculture
BLOG THEME
- Agri-business (marketing, commercialization, processing, etc.)
- Agricultural production
- Agriculture value chains and agricultural policy
- ICT use in the agricultural sector (how can ICTs promote agriculture or how can ICT support innovation in agricultural value chains, ICT and agriculture policies, etc.)
- How are ICTs improving (or can improve) youth opportunities in rural areas
- Actions, policies and strategies related to youth involvement in agriculture
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Organization profile:
Syecomp Business Services is a technology-oriented company that seeks to provide web and cellphone-enabled market access services to smallholder rice farmers at the base of the pyramid. It is also developing a Quality Control Information (QCI) portal for rice being produced in Ghana integrated with the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) platform. The company’s approach is to work collaboratively with already established smallholder farmer associations through the provision of farmland mapping and surveying services in the country and geospatial data analysis services for numerous stakeholders in the agricultural value chain.
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