Empowering communities through agriculture, skills and enterprise
ARATC is a Ghanaian non-profit organization delivering livelihood training, agricultural consultancy, plantation management, research, and agribusiness development to empower rural and disadvantaged communities.
Rooted in Community Livelihoods
Aboadi Rural Agricultural Technology Centre (ARATC) is a non-governmental and non-profit organization legally registered in Ghana since 2019. We empower rural and disadvantaged communities through practical training, agribusiness development, and consultancy.
Our core expertise spans livelihood training, agricultural consultancy, plantation establishment and management, project appraisal and evaluation, research, and agribusiness development. Supported by a multidisciplinary staff of 12 and active strategic oversight from our 7-member Board of Directors, we deliver bottom-up, needs-based interventions across Ghana.
About ARATC
What We Do
Practical solutions for stronger livelihoods and resilient communities.
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security
Climate-smart agriculture, mushroom production, snail farming, backyard farming, ruminants, poultry, beekeeping, Indigenous Micro-Organism (IMO) technology, and cash-crop plantations.
Learn moreEntrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment
Alternative livelihood skills, urban livelihood training, women and youth empowerment, market linkages, and micro-enterprise development.
Learn morePrivate Sector and Market Systems
Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P) approach, business-development services, access to finance, and supply-chain support.
Learn moreEnvironment and Climate Change Adaptation
Natural-resource-based livelihoods, climate resilience, and eco-friendly community practices.
Learn moreCross-Cutting Sectors and Research
Gender equity, youth inclusion, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), local governance, health, sanitation, baseline, and feasibility studies.
Learn moreRetirement Planning Seminars
Pre-retirement preparation, wealth management, health guidance, and alternative livelihood training for public and private sector employees.
Learn moreMaking a Verifiable Impact
We deliver evidence-based outcomes across Ghana through targeted livelihood skills and sustainable agriculture interventions.
Trained in soap, poultry, aquaculture, bees & ruminants
Trained in alternative livelihoods for retirement
In Indigenous Micro-Organism (IMO) piggery systems
Through grasscutter rearing and setup stocks
Covered under Adum Banso expansion feasibility studies
Featured Projects
Recent interventions and community outcomes.
Ghana Landscape Restoration and Small-Scale Mining Project (GLRSSMP)
Vulnerable communities in landscape restoration zones and mining areas needed sustainable, alternative livelihoods to prevent environmental degradation and restore degraded ecosystems.
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RA-Ghana-OLAM Partnership for Livelihood and Landscapes in Western Ghana
Farmers in cocoa-forest landscapes needed sustainable, high-yield piggery systems that integrate eco-friendly waste management to preserve local forest ecosystems and raise incomes.
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Twin Cities Sustainable Partnership Project
Vulnerable urban groups, including youth, persons with disabilities (PWDs), elderly, and women, faced lack of employable skills and alternative income options.
Read Case StudyLet us build practical solutions together
Are you planning an agricultural training programme, livelihood intervention, community project or technical study? Speak with ARATC about your objectives, target group and location.