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Building endless opportunities, sustaining wealth through agriculture


Wealth is generated and accumulated through diverse means. In recent times, wealth is accumulated through strategic investments, proper planning and having multiple streams of income.

To introduce a key investment strategy worthy of promoting economic development globally, agricultural investments has proven to be one of the most lucrative ventures to invest and make good returns.

“Investments in agriculture are the best weapons against hunger and poverty, and they have made life better for billions of people,” an article published on Gates Foundation indicated.

However, in agriculture, it is key to note that the value chain is broad thus it has the capacity of roping in more people to get themselves employed an act as a player in the entire value chain.

The benefits that come along with investing in the agricultural sector is enormous looking at the socio-economic impacts it has on the society. Agricultural investments or investing into the agricultural sector makes one an entrepreneur and also serves as an avenue to earn extra.

Many professionals in diverse fields have entered into agriculture and are still working in their professional fields. Others on the other hand, halt their professional activities and attend to agriculture solely due to the investments they make out of it.

Today, one sector in the agricultural sector you can invest in is setting up an agroprocessing factory. In Ghana and Africa at large, majority of the foods produced goes bad (post-harvest losses) thus it is a great idea to set up factories and process them into different consumables or commodities.

Setting up a business like a cassava starch processing factory is lucrative and generates high returns for investors. Cassava starch as a commodity has huge demand on the international market thus it is thoughtful to process cassava into starch. Many investors and entrepreneurs have seen the cassava starch sector as very lucrative. And are making a lot of millions from the business. This is because, there is high demand for the commodity on the international market, since it is used in various industries like the pharmaceuticals, textiles, confectionery and food industries.

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