Women shea butter producers in Ghana urged to take advantage of AfCFTA to boost profitability

Published Oct 28, 2021

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The Assistant UN Secretary-General, Ms Ahunna Eziakonwa, has urged women in Ghana's shea butter value chain to benefit from the AfCFTA to increase their income by exporting. The UNDP has pledged extra funding and continued support for shea butter production in Ghana. The Women in Fair Trade Certification and Sustainable Shea Butter Production project has already trained 7,200 women in northern Ghana, and 3,000 are involved in nut collection. The project exports Shea Butter to several countries and aims to expand to the US and European markets.

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The Assistant United Nations Secretary-General and Director of the Regional Bureau for Africa of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Ms Ahunna Eziakonwa, has encouraged women in the shea butter production value chain in Ghana to leverage opportunities in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to export their shea butter beyond Ghana’s borders for improved income. She made this call during a field visit to Women in Kumbungu in the Northern Region of Ghana, who have been supported by UNDP through the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF-SGP) to export organically certified shea products in the international market. “We need to do more to support our women to enable them to embrace quality, improve their production skills while taking advantage of AfCFTA to broaden their market access. This can be achieved through policy instruments, technological support, trade, and direct technical support”, she noted. Ms Eziakonwa underscored the ...

Source: Ghanaweb