Ghana: IDH-GH moves to transform horticulture sector

Published Aug 6, 2024

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IDH-Ghana, a Dutch organization, convened a stakeholders' meeting in Accra to address the challenges hindering the growth of Ghana's horticultural sector. The country relies heavily on imports for vegetables like tomatoes, onions, and chilies, with Nigeria and Burkina Faso being the primary suppliers. Challenges such as high cost of farm inputs, lack of mechanization and irrigation, and underdeveloped market structures need to be addressed to boost local production. IDH aims to support the sector by providing market convening expertise and collaborating with partners like the MasterCard foundation and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to create a conducive environment for sector growth and inclusive supply chains.

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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 ...

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