Business News of Saturday, 16 March 2019Source: Graphic.com.ghSheanut processing centre, warehouse inaugurated at Gizaa GundaaUS Ambassador to Ghana, being assisted by the Chief of Gizaa Gundaa to cut the tapeAbout 600 women engaged in the collection of shea nuts in Gizaa Gundaa in the Kumbungu District of the Northern Region have been provided with a processing centre and a warehouse to enable them to increase their production and incomes. The women previously relied on the cumbersome traditional methods of processing the raw shea into butter that often led to low output and revenues. The new facility was constructed by the Presbyterian Agricultural Services, in partnership with the government, Global Shea Alliance (GSA), Perfectly Posh and Savanna Fruits Company with support from the United States government through United States Agency for International Development (USAID). She said upon completion of the entire project, it is expected to benefit about 30,000 women involved in the collection and processing of the shea in beneficiary communities. On behalf of her colleagues, the President of Yurilim Women’s Shea Cooperative, Ms Zainabu Abdulai, also thanked the U.S. and its partners for providing them with the facility.

Source: GhanaWeb March 16, 2019 11:03 UTC