{"id":3749,"date":"2025-07-05T01:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T01:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenda.gov.gh\/tenda\/?p=3749"},"modified":"2025-07-05T01:21:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T01:21:53","slug":"empowering-youth-female-farmers-in-tomato-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenda.gov.gh\/tenda\/empowering-youth-female-farmers-in-tomato-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowering Youth Female Farmers in Tomato Production"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Department of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Harnessing Agricultural Productivity and Prosperity for the Youth (HAPPY) project through Technoserve, successfully conducted a training program for youth female farmers in the district. The training focused on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tomatoes harvesting, sorting, and grading<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tomato processing<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Objectives and Impact<br>The training aimed to address post-harvest losses, a significant challenge faced by tomato farmers in the district. With tomatoes being a major produce in the area, the training was crucial in enhancing the profitability of the tomato business. A total of 80 youth female farmers from major producing areas within the district benefited from the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Training Details<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Harnessing Agricultural Productivity and Prosperity for the Youth (HAPPY) project through Technoserve, successfully conducted a training program for youth female farmers in the district. The training focused on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tomatoes harvesting, sorting, and grading<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tomato processing<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Objectives and Impact<br>The training aimed to address post-harvest losses, a significant challenge faced by tomato farmers in the district. With tomatoes being a major produce in the area, the training was crucial in enhancing the profitability of the tomato business. A total of 80 youth female farmers from major producing areas within the district benefited from the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Training Details<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Duration: 5 days (2 days for harvesting, sorting, and grading; 3 days for processing)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Logistics provided: Aprons, Wellington boots, hand gloves, protective clothes, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Certificates awarded: Participants received certificates in tomato processing to facilitate their activities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Outcomes<br>The training is expected to improve the skills and knowledge of youth female farmers in tomato production, reduce post-harvest losses, and increase the profitability of the tomato business in the district.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Harnessing Agricultural Productivity and Prosperity for the Youth (HAPPY) project through Technoserve, successfully conducted a training program for youth female farmers in the district. The training focused on: Objectives and ImpactThe training aimed to address post-harvest losses, a significant challenge faced by tomato farmers in the district&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tenda.gov.gh\/tenda\/empowering-youth-female-farmers-in-tomato-production\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Empowering Youth Female Farmers in Tomato Production&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":298,"featured_media":3752,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"default","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"default","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture","category-news"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenda.gov.gh\/tenda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenda.gov.gh\/tenda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenda.gov.gh\/tenda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenda.gov.gh\/tenda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/298"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenda.gov.gh\/tenda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tenda.gov.gh\/tenda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenda.gov.gh\/tenda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenda.gov.gh\/tenda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenda.gov.gh\/tenda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenda.gov.gh\/tenda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}