An exhibitor at last year’s event
THE 9TH
Annual Pre-Harvest Agribusiness Exhibitions and Conference, scheduled for
September 25-27, 2019, at the Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium in Tamale, is expected
to bring together about 3,000 farmers, agribusinesses and value chain actors.
They will
share ideas and discuss measures to be put in place to ensure a more structured
and sustained market access and linkages are built for farmers and agribusinesses
during the season.
Organizers
of the three-day event, themed: “Market
Access: what is the structured and sustainable pathway?”, said the forum would equally place more
emphasis on training actors through practical sessions, field demonstrations
and open dialogue, while showcasing and promoting business and networking
opportunities through the exhibitions that would be running alongside.
Topics and
thematic areas to be explored during the period would include market linkages, commodity
pricing, favourable agricultural policies, financing, seed quality systems,
best practices in agricultural production, nutrition, climate-smart
agricultural practices and approaches, systems and structures.
Besides, there
would be focused training and capacity building sessions on donor
interventional projects, impact on gender equality & women empowerment, agricultural
technology and innovations, among other topics. These topics were carefully
selected based on the feedback from the 2018 event survey, the statement added.
Dr. Abdel
Majeed, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Northern Development Authority, an
organizing partner, said, “The annual Pre-Harvest Agribusiness Exhibition &
Conference, a major interventional and a leading event on the Ghanaian agricultural
calendar, has over the years served as stimulating platform for training,
match-making, agribusiness development, increased stakeholder linkages and
expanded opportunities.”
Last year’s
event attracted a total of 3,122 participants including farmers, farmer groups,
aggregators, processors, buyers, transporters, input dealers, civil society,
government ministries and agencies. Of these were recorded 144 companies
exhibiting during the programme.
Sponsors of the event include Yara Ghana, John Deere, Kosmos Energy, Interplast, RMG, Dizengoff, Hatuom Trading, Mel Consulting Limited, LK International and Dizengoff Ghana.
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