Vegetable farmers in the Keta Municipality of the Volta Region are calling for the construction of a centralised cold-storage facility and commercial processing factory to reduce post-harvest losses and improve the value of crops produced across the southern sector.
The Minister of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, has indicated that the country is accelerating efforts to expand tree-crop production and local processing, including cashew, as government seeks to boost value addition, attract investment and increase the sector’s contribution to economic growth.
The Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) Greater Rural Opportunities for Women 2 (GROW2) project in partnership with URBANET, TUDRIDEP, ACDEP and PRONET NORTH has supported 55,883 women-led agribusinesses in Northern Ghana with GH¢19.98million in loans,
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is backing up to US$200million in cocoa financing by Absa Bank Ghana through a US$50million risk participation facility, in a move aimed at ensuring Licensed Buying Companies (LBCs) have funding to purchase cocoa from farmers throughout the buying season.
Ghana and Hungary are deepening cooperation in agriculture through a new training programme for agricultural extension officers aimed at improving productivity,
President John Dramani Mahama’s proposed Feed the Industries policy is seeking to bridge one of the biggest gaps in Ghana’s industrialisation drive: the disconnect between agricultural production and domestic processing.
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research–Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI) has strengthened the capacity of about 50 soybean small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Northern and Upper West Regions to develop bankable business plans, respond to market opportunities and position their businesses for investment and growth.
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