The government in Ghana will soon introduce a procurement policy that will bond its agencies and large companies operating in the country to source a majority of their raw materials and inputs from local producers once such inputs are available, Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, a Deputy Trade and Industry Minister, has said.
“The policy will also mandate foreigners in the retail business to dedicate at least four shelves to stock only locally-made products".
This is one way we can ensure that Ghana-made goods get the prominence in our malls to increase patronage and consumption,” he told journalists on the sidelines of a tour of the fresh fruits and vegetables supplier, Eden Tree Limited, in Accra.
According to Mr. Ahenkorah, government, by these interventions, wants to ensure that farmers and manufacturers across the country get a ready market for their produce to curtail food wastage and to aid job creation.
“There is the need for agriculture sector actors to, as a matter of urgency, improve their production capacity,” he said, while encouraging the youth to take advantage of the government’s “Planting for Food and Jobs” initiative.
