Ghana to import Kenya mangoes to re-export to EU during off-season

Davies Korboe, president of Federation of Association of Ghanaian Exporters last week led a delegation of business people to Kenya to assess the Kenyan mango as they plan to start imports of the fruit. Also read: Ghana inflation falls more than estimates on lower fuel and food costs The delegation was on a fact-finding mission on Kenya’s ability to supply their market before signing bilateral agreements as they seek Kenyan fruit to supplement their mango exports. “We can trade among ourselves where we don’t have mango we can easily access from here when ours is off-season for export to Europe,” said Korboe. The programme is being supported by the European Union-funded Market Access Upgrade Programme (MARKUP) that will train farmers on good practices in order to access the Ghanaian market given the stringent measure imposed by Europe on exports of fresh produce. Under the market access programme, farmers will be trained in phytosanitary requirements to meet the standard of the ...