GhanaVeg – Update on Program Progress Business Platform – 19 June, 2014

Joep van den Broek GhanaVeg Program Leader

Introduction

 GhanaVeg: to support the private sector in further investing in and innovating Ghana’s vegetable sector.

 Our motto is ‘Healthy and quality vegetables from Ghana through new ways of doing business’.

 The GhanaVeg Business Platform aims to be: ● ● ● ● The meeting place for Ghana’s vegetable sector Setting the agenda for future investments Preparing strategy and market studies Driving the public-private dialogue for the vegetable sector.

The GhanaVeg Program

 Focus: ● High-value domestic market and exports ● Commercial vegetable crops: tomato, chili peppers, bell peppers, onions, Asian vegetables, eggplant, cucumber, squash, melons and spices.

● Private sector: entire chain from input supply to retail and from logistics to private extension.

● At farm level the project focuses on: the commercial smallholder farmer, the small investor farmers as well as large-scale farming (with outgrowers).

● 2014-2017 period

Program structure and activities

Public-Private Dialogue GhanaVeg Business Platform Consultancy Fund Business Opportunities Fund R&D Innovation Fund GhanaVeg Secretariat Business to Business Activities

Update 1. MoTI Collaboration

  Horticulture priority sector in MoTI’s strategy Emphasis on: ● ● ● ● Input supply (subsidy/vouchers) Farmer group models (outgrowers/FBOs) Logistics (pack & coolhouses) Certification (TRAQ) ● ● Grants and loans (EDAIF) & Land (medium-term)  MoTI and GhanaVeg to develop a joint action plan

Update 2. EU-COLEACP-PIP

   Export study advises on need for certification; which becomes prerequisite for all EU markets in a few years  EU-COLEACP Program can assist in certification (GlobalGAP, HACCP, BRC)  Still some room for new applications till 2015 ● Large farms / exporters ● Group certification (small-scale farmers) If interested GhanaVeg can assist with application Applications:

http://pip.coleacp.org/en

Update 3. B.O. and R&D Funds

   Call closed 6 May; 11 applicants 4 approved, two presented today 7 were rejected because incomplete (e.g. budget, targets or M&E Framework missing) or not eligible (e.g. no seed company or wholesaler/retailer/exporter)  An adapted fund guideline comes out focusing on: ● Intake meeting GV team to discuss feasibility ● ● ● More detailed form for applications Additional support from GV for proposal dev’t Longer time for application (> 2months)  The extended call (deadline 9 June) will be assessed soon

3. B.O. and R&D Funds (2)

 New B.O. Calls with deadline for 1 September will start soon. Proposed topics: ● ● ● Chain integration (continued) Greenhouse / Nurseries (design & local construction) High-end exports  R&D Call for Proposals most likely to continue on innovations in input supply: seed, irrigation, fertilizers and crop protection products

Contact details

Joep van den Broek Program Leader [email protected]

+233 24 853 2850 Hanson Arthur Fund Manager [email protected]

+233 24 523 5432

www.ghanaveg.org

Enam Gbekor Snr Business Advisor [email protected]

+233 24 468 0848

Thank you!