Perhaps India’s agricultural prowess inspired him. Prabhpreet Khinda, an engineer by training, arrived in Ghana in 2009 after he was devastated by the effects of the 2008 global financial meltdown.<\/p>\n
Twists and turns later, the 38-year-old from Punjab is today one of the big farmers in the West African country.<\/p>\n
His original plan was to use the country as a base in order to be close to Liberia, where he had a mining project, but that has changed as he now tends land to produce food in anticipation of a global food shortage.<\/p>\n
His company, Resources Africa, has a 2,200- hectare farm at Dzigbe, near Kpandu in the Volta region and is planning to acquire 2,000 hectares more for an integrated farming project.<\/p>\n
The company has become a major food producer, exporting about one and a half tonnes of vegetables every week.<\/p>\n
Ghana, a country of 24 million people, is known for cocoa exports.<\/p>\n
The man who describes himself as an investment entrepreneur is clearly preparing himself for the future.<\/p>\n
“It is projected that the world is heading towards a food shortage and some of us are just getting ready to cater to that,” Khinda told IANS in an interview.<\/p>\n
Apart from making money on his investments, he said, Resources Africa is contributing to Ghana’s development in its own small way.<\/p>\n
“Our exports alone are a major source of earning foreign exchange for the country,” he said.<\/p>\n
“I was inspired by the work of some other Indians who were already engaged in farming in Ghana and this urged me on.”<\/p>\n
Khinda said after his arrival in Ghana, he noticed that the agricultural sector had huge potential.<\/p>\n
“I was lucky to have met a very good chief, Togbi Dagadu of Kpandu, who provided me with all the assistance that I needed to start work immediately,” he said.<\/p>\n
He was, however, critical of the country’s land tenure system.<\/p>\n
“When I decided to look for land, it took almost a year before I got access to it and paid for it. However, the land owners allowed me to start work immediately,” he said.<\/p>\n
Khinda said his entry into agriculture was not an accident.<\/p>\n
“I come from Punjab and have a family background of farmers,” he said.<\/p>\n
Already his activities have attracted the attention of some people in India , who have been calling to find out how to acquire land to get into farming in Ghana.<\/p>\n
He is also optimistic about the future because “even though agriculture is slow in providing returns, the business is very consistent.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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