Technical workforce
Mechanisation, maintenance, irrigation, processing and related occupations.
QAD Foundation · Ghana
Building people who power agricultural transformation
QAD Foundation is developing programmes that connect practical skills with pathways to work and rural enterprise for young people, women and agricultural communities.
People are the operating strength behind productive agriculture.
The opportunity
Agricultural transformation starts with people.
Modern agriculture needs people who can operate machines safely, keep irrigation running, maintain equipment and protect value after harvest. Many young people need a credible route into that work. The Foundation is being developed to connect practical learning with employment and enterprise.
- Access
- Practical skills
- Workplace exposure
- Work & enterprise
Our work
Skills tied to productive opportunity.
Pathways to work
Employer-linked learning, apprenticeships and transitions into skilled roles.
Inclusive enterprise
Deliberate support for women, young people and rural service businesses.
Flagship initiative
The AgriMech Academy.
The Elizabeth Aframoah Fori Dwumah AgriMech Academy is being developed in Ghana’s Afram Plains as a practical, employer-linked rural technical workforce platform. Its intended scope includes mechanisation, equipment maintenance, irrigation, agro-processing, logistics and rural technical enterprise.
Discover the AcademyEvidence and participation
Build the institution. Measure the outcomes.
As programmes are implemented, the Foundation intends to track practical competence, completed training, transitions into work and enterprise, and longer-term progression.
How impact will be measuredGet involved