Seven agro companies awarded at GhanaVeg awards
The awardees are: A.B Farms - Most Sustainable Business; Lubok Farms - Most Vibrant and Growing Business; Kukobilo Nasia Farms - Most Inclusive Business; Eden Tree Limited - Best Business Innovation; Tikola Limited - Best New Product (Domestic), Joekopan Enterprise - Best New Product (Export) and Fruit Master - Best Booth at the Trade Fair.
The awards were held as part of a three-day Fruit and Vegetable Fair and a Business Platform meeting to discuss agronomic issues and the roadmap for pest reduction in Ghana’s Vegetable export sector.
The award was to acknowledge and complement forerunners and companies which have contributed to and promoted vegetable growth in the country.
The main criteria for the awards were growth, innovation, inclusiveness and sustainability.
Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, the Minister of Food and Agriculture, commended the GhanaVeg team and the Netherlands Government for their continuous support to promote vegetable growth and consumption in the country.
He said government was doing a lot to address the challenges that came with the ban on vegetable exports to the EU market.
source: ghananewsagency.org
