Agrisolve Ghana commissions Grain Processing Center in Yendi to support women farmers
Agriculture-centered organization Agrisolve Ghana has commissioned and launched a Grain Processing Center in Yendi in the Northern Region to support women farmers in the processing of their grains at a cheap cost.
The grains processing center will provide women farmers the opportunity to clean, thresh, mill, and brand their grains and also assist them in carting them to market centers for sale.
The commissioning of the grain processing center in Yendi is part of Agrisolve Ghana’s Grain Power Project, aimed at empowering women farmers in Northern Ghana to improve their farming practices and lead value-driven agribusiness enterprises.
Speaking at the commissioning of the project in Yendi on Friday, May 23, the Executive Director of Agrisolve Ghana, Elorm Goh, said the facility is not just an investment in machinery but an investment in livelihood.
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She revealed that the Yendi Grains Processing Center is the first of five such centers to be built across Northern Ghana, specifically targeting areas where there are women farmers.
“Today, we commission the first of five grain processing centers equipped for grain cleaning, threshing, milling, branding, and taking to the market. The facility is not just an investment in machinery; it is an investment in livelihood,” Ms. Goh said.
She added that over 62 percent of smallholder farmers in Northern Ghana, including vulnerable women farmers, reported yield losses due to last year’s drought in Northern Ghana, heat stress, and pest outbreaks.
This, the executive director noted, caused food inflation to rise by over 40 percent, limiting farmers’ capacity to invest in productivity; hence the call for systematic solutions.
“In 2024 alone, over 62 percent of smallholder farmers in Northern Ghana reported yield losses due to drastic climate effects, erratic rainfalls, heat stress, and pest outbreaks; food inflation rose over 40 percent naturally, and input costs surged, further limiting farmers’ capacity to invest in productivity. These challenges are not isolated; they are systematic, and they call for all systematic solutions.” Ms. Goh added.
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In attendance was Mma Gbanzaling, the wife of Ndan Ya Naa Abukari II, the Overlord of Dagbon, who commended Agrisolve Ghana for establishing the facility in the Yendi Municipality.
She said the grain processing center will go a long way to reduce losses incurred by women farmers who usually do not have the means to process their grains.
Designed to empower women farmers and enhance the grain sector, the project leverages value addition, trade facilitation, and access to finance to catalyze investments in production and create sustainable livelihoods for women in agribusiness.
