Our Activities

LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
One of the key charitable objectives of PLYFA is to advance the education of our young farmers and new farmers in their knowledge of agriculture and skills to achieving their objectives.

PLYFA offers funded training opportunities to farmers and help nurture them and farm their workers of the future.

Our training is unique – it is informed by our work supporting farming communities, making it truly tailored for the agricultural sector. We understand the pressures and stressors often associated with farming. Our training is positive and designed to help farmers to plan for the future in a proactive way and support themselves and their farming communities.

PLYFA collaborates with some universities and agricultural colleges to provide knowledgeable and formative training to its members and new young farmers.

AGRI LOVERS ANNUAL CONFERENCE
In every year, PLYFA brings together farmers, agriculturalists and industry representatives from across the Ghana to discuss the current issues affecting the agricultural industry.

The Conference is part of our charitable remit to fund and support agricultural education and to promote issue-based learning.

This conference gives the chance to find out more about some of the most pressing matters facing the industry today, listen to expert views and get involved in the discussion and put your questions to our experts.

INTERNATIONAL TRAINING EXPOSURE
Every year, PLYFA seeks international training opportunities for our farmers with the aim to equip them with modern agricultural techniques, business skills, sustainability practices, and innovations that can be applied globally. To build network with international farmers with similar visions.

Study Tours and Exchange Programs – PLYFA provides international study and exchange tours our members by visit international farming communities, attend workshops, and gain insight into global agricultural practices.

This program allows young farmers to exchange experiences, learn about farming practices in other countries, and engage in cultural exchanges. We partner governments bodies, international farming organizations, international farming communities, agricultural institutions, NGOs, and private organizations.

APPRENTICESHIPS
Apprenticeships are for people aged 16 and over and combine working with studying to gain skills and knowledge.
Apprentices can be new or current employees. They:

HOW WE RAISE FUNDS TO SPONSOR OUR TRAINING AND WORKSHOP
PLYFA is solely depends on funds and donations to support and train young farmer to increase productivity, manage their land to benefit the environment and support agricultural businesses


PLYFA seeks fundings and donations from Governmental Agencies, International Organizations, NGOs, International Farming Communities and Private Companies.

CHALLENGES FACING YOUNG FARMERS
The barriers to entering farming are well-known:

However, these challenges are being met by PLYFA with the support from our funding bodies and industry leaders.

COLLECTIVE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
The damaging effects of climate change on agriculture are escalating, and the time to act is now

We are running out of time to take collective policy action before the most climate change scenarios become a reality. Climate change spells disaster for farming communities and communities of colour who are on the frontlines of the climate crisis.

Additionally, in our 2022 and 2023 surveys, our members identified climate action as their number one priority. Young farmers have reduced crops yields, extreme weather events, suffered severe economic losses, have experienced disrupted growing seasons, and sustained damage to their farms due to unpredictable rainfall patterns, droughts, rising temperatures, and extreme weather events like floods. However, our young farmers are uniquely poised to be able to directly mitigate the disastrous effects of climate change through practices that sequester carbon in the soil and build on-farm resilience.

We are working for comprehensive climate legislation and administrative action that provides resources to our young farmers and other farmers who are and will combat climate change and build resiliency on their farms across the country. We do this through farmer-led policy reform, climate advocacy and education, and collaborative and transformative partnerships with peer organizations and allies.

MORE YOUTH INTO FARMING PROJECT
PLYFA aims to train and support 100,000 young people to start their own farming by 2030. We will extend our support to help them to become more self-sufficient and viable.

Youth agricultural training is bringing hope to young people in Ghana. Here, youth unemployment is a significant crisis. Around 70% of unemployed people are youths. There are ample job opportunities in the agriculture sector. However, many youths lack the skills they need to secure careers in farming.

We have trained and coached 150 new young people into farming since we started this project in 2024.

We are seeking for financial supports to expand this project to cover large number of youth and young adults.

Having more young people in the agriculture sector, more food will be generated to combat global food insecurity.

EMPOWERING YOUNG WOMEN FARMERS - WOMEN IN FARMING
Apprenticeships are for people aged 16 and over and combine working with studying to gain skills and knowledge.
PLYFA is seeking to train and support more young women into agriculture to promote the gender balance and equality in Ghana.