An exhibitor (proper) exhibiting a product to Mr. Seth Osei Akoto (2nd from proper), Director, Crop Companies, MoFA; Katja Lasseur (center), Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Netherlands; Mrs. Sheila Assibey-Yeboah (2nd from left), Programme Supervisor, HortiFresh West Africa, and Mr. Anthony Morrison (left), CEO, CAG
A 3-day fruit and vegetable honest opened yesterday on the Efua Sutherland Kids’s Park in Accra, providing a platform for horticulture sector actors to exhibit their services.
The 2021 Fruit and Vegetable Truthful, anticipated to assist to create market alternatives and visibility for these companies, is being organised by HortiFresh West Africa and the Chamber of Agribusiness Ghana (CAG).
Greater than 80 exhibitors from the fruit and vegetable worth chain, together with suppliers, producers and processors are taking part to showcase their services.
The exhibitors embody Bubune Pure Skincare, Senam Meals, Bon Agro Firm, Fruit Grasp, AB Farms, Tacks Farms Restricted, Arukah Meals and ACE COP Farms Restricted.
Sport changer
Opening the honest yesterday, the Director accountable for Crop Companies on the Ministry of Meals and Agriculture (MoFA), Mr. Seth Osei Akoto, stated the fruit and vegetable sub-sector had been a game-changer within the economies of nations that had bought it proper.
“We should additionally get it proper via joint efforts and extra collaboration from non-public sector funding and coverage route from the federal government.
“As a nation, we want a greater understanding of the dynamics of the fruits and vegetable markets, which continue to grow,” he stated.
He added that the MoFA was working to additional enhance the vegetables and fruit sub-sector.
Essential contribution
The Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of the Netherlands, Ms. Katja Lasseur, stated over time, the horticulture sector in Ghana has seen an considerable progress with a possible for even additional progress.
She stated the Netherlands made an vital contribution to this progress and that other than export alternatives, a really promising a part of the expansion was the high-end phase of the home vegetable market.
Ms. Lasseur stated the sub-sector’s total turnover had doubled in solely three years from $5 million in 2014 to greater than $11 million in 2017.
The Programme Supervisor of HortiFresh West Africa, Mrs. Sheila Assibey-Yeboah, stated the collaboration with the CAG within the organisation of the honest was to drive the continuity of the annual occasion after the closure of the HortiFresh programme.
