Focusing on the theme ‘Working Together to Improve Market Channels for Agri-foods Beyond the Pandemic’, the three (3) days leading Agribusiness market linkage conference and exhibitions will feature keys sessions like: Training and Capacity session; Commodity Breakout sessions; Exhibitions; and Farmer-buyer Matchmaking Dialogues. However, across Ghana, many smallholder farmers face multiple barriers in the marketing of their farm produce. Middlemen often refuse to buy farmers’ produce when there is a bumper harvest. In addition, during rainy seasons when the poor roads get worse and virtually impassable for many vehicles, getting buyers for farm produce becomes extremely difficult. Smallholder farmers still suffer from the opportunistic behavior of intermediaries who collude in setting prices of farm produce.
