Ghana: IDH-GH moves to transform horticulture sector

By Konrad Kodjo DJAISI IDH-Ghana is a Dutch-based organisation which transforms markets in global supply chains, and that is done by convening markets like the Stakeholders’ Horticulture Market Convening held in Accra on July 29, 2024. Ghana’s horticultural sector holds immense potential for growth and development. For vegetables such as tomatoes, data from the Ghana Statistical Service reveals that of a whopping 800,000mt consumed, only 25% is produced in-country and the rest imported from neighbouring countries such as Burkina Faso. Therefore, IDH Ghana seeks to explore the vibrant yet complex market of local vegetable sourcing in Ghana; from small-scale local producers, marketers to all supply chain actors in the horticultural sector. Despite the potential for growing Ghana’s horticultural sector, there are significant challenges that have to be addressed – such as high cost of farm inputs, poor mechanisation and irrigation systems and inadequate market development structures ...