An agricultural company in the Brong-Ahafo region of Ghana, Kofi Vinyo and Company Limited (KVCL) has signed an agreement to export and supply four international food processing companies with farm produce in commercial quantities. Products to be exported include thousands of tons of tiger nuts, maize, ginger, chilli pepper, raw cashew nuts and other vegetables annually. Mr Kofi Vinyo, the Managing Director of KVCL said the contracts operate for 5 years in a-five-day international agric fair held at Nuremberg, a city in Germany. The Biofach Organic fair was organised by the German government and attended by business entrepreneurs mostly into food processing drawn from Europe, Asia, North and South America, and Africa. He indicated that the agric sector held numerous opportunities for the country and underlined the need for the government to support and expose farmers to international markets.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 06, 2017 15:45 UTC