General News of Friday, 7 February 2020Source: GNAMoFA and Embassy of Israel select 3rd batch of Agriculture InternsThe agric interns will participate in the Greenhouse Technology programme in IsraelThe Ministry of Food and Agriculture in collaboration with the High Commission of Israel has started an interview selection process to choose the third batch of agriculture graduates to participate in the Greenhouse Technology programme in Israel. The selection process underway in Accra, is to help screen and select from the 150 applicants, a number of agriculture graduates, who have participated in a greenhouse technology training, an initiative by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. He explained that the programme introduced in Ghana in 2018, offers apprenticeship that focuses on agriculture capacity building and promotes food security. So far over 120 apprentices have benefited from the programme with the second batch being expected back home in September. Mr Kennedy Osei Nyarko, Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture in charge of Horticulture, thanked the government of Israel for partnering Ghana to offer opportunities for its unemployed young people.

Source: GhanaWeb February 07, 2020 03:22 UTC