13 female entrepreneurs in the #horticulture sector have been #certified for completing the HortiFresh Female Business Accelerator Program. This brings to a total of 26 women trained and empowered to #move their #businesses to the next level Netherlands Embassy in Ghana Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation Sheila Assibey-Yeboah

Closing ceremony of Netherlands Embassy in Ghana funded HortiFresh WA in Côte d’Ivoire. Impressive results of the program that contributed to competitiveness, nutrition and consumption of fruits in Côte d’Ivoire. Per capita consumption of fruits stand at 50kg and well on course to 100kg.

Join us for the close-out ceremony for Ghana on Thursday, June 2, 2022 @ 1:00 pm, La Palm Royal Beach hotel. Come let's share in the gains made in the #horticulture sector together as we say 🫂🫂👋

After 8 yrs of strengthening private sector #associations, skill & knowledge enhancement in the #horticulture sector, HortiFresh has brought to closure implementation of activities during a close-out ceremony at the La Palm Hotel Netherlands Embassy in Ghana Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation @IreneKoomen Sheila Assibey-Yeboah

@NlinGhana Head of Mission, Katja Lasseur, Head of Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation, @HedwigBruggeman, Program Manager of HortiFresh,Sheila Assibey-Yeboah & Program Coordinator @irenekoomen commended the sector for the enormous support during these 8 years of #implementation.

End of an Era..... Kudos to Team HortiFresh #Teamwork #ComplementingEfforts @SectorCoordination Netherlands Embassy in Ghana Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation @IreneKoomen Sheila Assibey-Yeboah SNV Ghana Patricia Asamoah

HortiFresh WA Netherlands Embassy in Ghana Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation @IreneKoomen Sheila Assibey-Yeboah Excellent program, congratulations for huge achievements to all HortiFresh WA partners - East-West Seed Knowledge Transfer is looking forward in taking over the baton in smallholder farmer training programs in Ghana later this year!

May-June E-levy revenue was 93.7M out of a programmed 1.46B. How about lowering the rate to, say, 0.5% and widening the coverage? Food for thought.

Just published 👇#FoodSystems, #Governance, #Sustainability tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

All roads lead to the FRUIT AND VEGETABLE FAIR 2022... Meet me there...

𝐻𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒! 𝑀𝑒𝑒𝑡 Holland Greentech Ghana 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐺𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑟𝑢𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑣𝑒𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑟. 𝑄𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 , 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠, 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠, 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑝 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠.

For world food day, we developped a video with messages from the field around vegetables and fruits. WUR being part of the Hortinvest Project. ⁦Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation,⁩ ⁦Wageningen U&R⁩ ⁦SNV - find us on Bluesky as snv.org⁩ , ⁦Agriterra⁩ ,⁦IDH⁩ , ⁦@HollandGreentech⁩

City regions are an important analytical framework to understand food systems governance and sustainability. Here, actors are increasingly (re)-shaping the governance narrative. Our paper discusses the #Ghana Green Label Foundation. PhD Voice - Independently Run authors.elsevier.com/a/1f-Nc_60aYUX…

Orange 🍊 is the color for so much more than just our national soccer ⚽️ team …. Apply if you want to accelerate your business! Training locations in Accra, Kumasi, Tamale, Takoradi and Ho. #orangecorners #NLGHgrowingtogether

Last week, we celebrated the ‘day of the entrepreneur’ where we acknowledged the importance the private sector brings to the economy and society. Together with the #GNBCC we awarded a Dutch company #Iribov SBW. We congratulate Iribov SBW and Kees Veldhuijzen!

📣Tender Alert: Are you a Ghanaian IT expert? Are you an expert in the Ghanaian dried fruit sector? Then this opportunity is for you. This February CBI - is opening two tenders. For more information please find the link: linkedin.com/posts/cbi---ce… #tender #GhanaIT #driedfruit

While agrifood sectors emit around 1/3 of total greenhouse gas emissions, they are also extremely vulnerable to climate change. Green & climate-resilient agriculture must be part of the climate solution. Food and Agriculture Organization is working to make it happen: bit.ly/3o4pFsx

To our LADY CHAMPIONS in Agribusiness, we salute your relentless efforts in sustaining growth in the Agriculture Sector.