In Ghana, only 28 of 53 employed young people with disabilities work in agribusiness. The main barriers are structural—farms are physically inaccessible, credit is denied, training excludes them, and stigma persists. This is an environmental and policy problem, not a patient problem.
Of 169 young people with disabilities surveyed in Ghana, 31.4% were currently employed, and among those 53 employed, 28 (52.8%) worked in agribusiness.
Seven barriers to agribusiness engagement were identified: physically inaccessible farms, stigma and discrimination, no land access, no credit, no inclusive training, limited farming knowledge, and personal disinterest.
The authors conclude that exclusion stems from structural and institutional failures rather than individual incapacity, and that inclusion requires accessible credit, inclusive extension services, adaptive training, and equitable land access.
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