{"id":1446,"date":"2011-11-28T09:43:37","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T09:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/11\/ministry-of-food-and-agriculture-mofa-ghana-recruitment\/"},"modified":"2011-11-28T09:43:37","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T09:43:37","slug":"ministry-of-food-and-agriculture-mofa-ghana-recruitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/11\/28\/ministry-of-food-and-agriculture-mofa-ghana-recruitment\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) Ghana Recruitment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Outgrower and Value Chain Fund (OVCF)<\/p>\n

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The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), with assistance from the German Development Cooperation has instituted an Outgrower and Value Chain Fund (OVCF) to support outgrower schemes and integration of small holders into commercial agriculture. The OVCF is inviting Outgrower and Value Chain Schemes (OVCSs) to express their interest in participating in the OVCF Project. The operation of the OVCF began on 1st April 2011 with funding from the German Development Cooperation through KfW.<\/p>\n

The Fund will provide medium to long term loans (of at least 3 years) for financing agricultural value chains.<\/p>\n

An OVCS, is expected to consist of a Financial Operator (e.g. a bank), a Technical Operator (processor, exporter, buyer, etc) and existing group(s) of Outgrowers, who have come together to undertake a medium-long term project on a specific commodity. Isolated specific interventions along the value chain for specific commodities\/enterprises are also eligible for this support. It is expected that the three parties (Financial Operator, Technical Operator and Outgrowers) will together apply as one OVCS to access the Fund.<\/p>\n

In the event of an OVCS getting approval to access the Fund, a tripartite agreement detailing out the responsibilities of the members will be signed.<\/p>\n

The responsibilities of the members of an OVCS are:<\/strong><\/p>\n