Vegetable Growers and Sellers Association of Ghana is calling for long-term financial support to meet growing export demands as the country continues to rely heavily on imports despite its agricultural potential.
The association said commercial growers and sellers were struggling to capitalize on market opportunities due to insufficient long-term financing options from institutions.
The Bono Regional Queen Mother for Cabbage Growers and Sellers, Nana Akosua Asantewaa bemoaned import of vegetable, particularly from Burkina Faso, Morocco despite Ghana’s natural resources.
The Cabbage Queen mother told Kaakyire Kwasi Afari of Sunyani-based Ark fm that vegetable products, key imports from these countries, highlight the need to explore investing in the local production of vegetables.
Nana Akosua Asantewaa called on the government to provide some incentives such as free vegetable seedlings for the Growers to expand production.
Nana Akosua Asantewaa spoke to Kaakyire Kwasi Afari during a digital and financial literacy training organised by Telecel Ghana Foundation in Sunyani.
Nana Akosua Asantewaa, who doubles as New Dormaa Queen mother again, called on the government to establish a warehouse for vegetable Growers and Sellers Association in the Bono Region.
She told Kaakyire Kwasi Afari that the warehouse, when established, will help address post harvest losses.
The Cabbage Growers and Sellers Queen Mother indicated that the Burkina Faso government has built a warehouse, which she described as a “cold room” to store vegetables when it’s abundance.
The initiative she called for a similar intervention in Ghana.
