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Agriculture
tain), legumes (carrots, cabbage, garden eggs, to-
mato), fruits (pineapple, pawpaw, banana, mango),
industrial crops (rubber, sugarcane, cotton, oil palm,
coconut, cocoa, coffee), livestock (cattle, pigs, poul-
try, sheep) and fisheries (tuna, tilapia, catfish). Rear-
ing of silk worm for the production of raw silk.
• Additionally there is a need for the processing of
dairy products
as well as the supply of machinery
to establish hatcheries for day-old chicks.
•
Floriculture
offers a lot of opportunities as Gha-
na’s climate and topography make the country suit-
able for the cultivation of a number of exotic flowers.
Species such as heliconia, caribea, celosia, curcu-
ma, gladioli, hibiscus, roses, ornamental palms and
ferns perform well under natural conditions. There
is potential in the national, regional and European
Union markets.
• Investment opportunities exist in the
agro-pro-
cessing
industry to add value, reduce post-harvest
losses, promote price stability and expand demand
for local agricultural produce. For example, with the
processing of cocoa beans into cocoa products and
fruits into fruit juices among others.
• Developing irrigable land through
irrigation
is an-
other key area. While Ghana has a potential irrigable
area of 346,000 hectares, only 10,000 hectares have
been developed.
•
Technological and support services
also require
investment. Key areas are in the supply and installa-
tion of cold chain equipment, packaging and factory
building technology.
• In the
distribution
field, companies are required to
provide post-production services in transport, pack-
aging and cold vans.
• There are further opportunities in standards, train-
ing and certification; capacity building for manage-
ment and market-oriented enterprises; market
intelligence research and in the development of agri-
cultural finance and insurance.
• Investment opportunities exist in the production of
agricultural inputs
such as fertilizers, pesticides
and fungicides.
•
Technology
and
services
in the agricultural sector
which include irrigation, heavy equipment hiring (i.e.
hiring of tractors, ploughs, harrows and combine har-
vesters etc) provide investment opportunities.
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