Kumasi Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Contact Information
- Postal Address *: P. O. Box 293, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana West Africa
- Office Location: Admin Blk, KITA Campus, Domeabra, Off Oduom Roundabout 10 mins drive from Oduom Roundabout on the Kumasi Accra Road
- Region *: Ashanti
- Country *: Ghana
- City *: Domebra, Kumasi
- Telephone *: +233244796059
- Fax :
- Email *: director@kitaghana.org
- Website *: www.kitaghana.org
Activities
- Vision *: To be a green center of excellence in education, training and technology deployment for sustainable development in Ghana and beyond
- Mission *: Providing and environment for high impact training education and research to generate the knowledge and skills required for sustainable environmental stewardship and human development in Ghana and beyond
- Thematic Areas *:
- Target Group:
- Key Objectives *: • To provide professional technical agricultural training to the youth • To undertake farmer-based research to develop appropriate strategies for practicing farmers, both commercial and subsistence • To enhance the transfer of modern technology to rural farmers and SMEs to improve their productivity and reduce their risks • To protect the environment for increased agricultural productivity • To assist rural farmers to have links to credit and inspire confidence of financial institutions in rural agricultural credit delivery • To provide business development services to prospective and practicing farmers and trainees to establish their own agricultural projects and identify market for their produce • To assist rural communities to draw their own village development plans based on their local resources, to improve upon their own lifestyles • To liaise with local and international institutions and organisations with similar objectives
- Core Competencies *: Youth Capacity Development
- Government Engagement:
More Information
- Major or Current Achievements *: 98% trainee employment rate First Campus Based Agro-Industrial Center First Agro-processing Incubation Center Umbrella Organization supporting 36 Farmer-based organizations, Associations, and NGOs
- Functional Board *:
- Number of Board Members *: 9
- List Expertise of Board Members *: Banking, Renewable Energy, Agric Economics, Traditional Ruler, Statistics, Agronomy
- Organisational Strategic Plan *:
- Head of Organisation *: Noah Owusu-Takyi
- Name of Contact Person *: Samuel Owusu-Takyi
- Position of Contact Person *: Director
- Number of Staff *: 34
- Number of Males *: 26
- Number of Females *: 8