[ 2016-02-11 ]

Minister calls for collaboration to promote agro-business
Suhum(E/R), Feb. 10, GNA - Dr Ekow Spio-Gabrah,
the Minister of Trade and Industry, has called
for the creation of a platform to ensure that
regular information on food crops are made
available at any part of the country.

He said such a platform could be created through
the collaboration between district assemblies, his
Ministry and the Ministry of Food and
Agriculture.

This, he explained, would inform agro-processing
factories in the country where crops are available
and also provide markets for the farmers.

Dr Spio-Gabrah made the call at the end of his
first day of his three-day working tour of the
Eastern Region.

He was commenting on the complains of PINORA
company which produces orange and pineapple
concentrate for export and HPW, tropical dries
fruits exporters, whose major concerns were the
unavailability of local fruits for their
production to meet their demand .

Dr Spio-Gabrah said such concerns also create
opportunities for young entrepreneurs to start
thinking of establishing companies to meet
expected needs.

PINORA has plans to produce 51,000 metric tons of
orange and pineapple juice concentrate this year
for export while HPW exported 900,000 metric tons
of dried tropical fruits from Ghana to Europe last
year.

Source - GNA

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