Samuel Adimado, Vice president of CFG<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nIn order for Ghana to become a coffee economy again and drive up profits in that sector, it needs to develop a strong database of the entire value chain, Vice-President of the Coffee Federation of Ghana (CFG) Samuel Adimado, has suggested.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, we are a player in the coffee industry; but globally if you want to say you are a player, you must have the data in order to argue; although we have farmers that cultivate coffee, you must have very comprehensive data to present to the international market.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, this is an attempt to improve and revamp our coffee industry. Some years back we were doing a lot in coffee, but with collapse of the global coffee market we lost that position,\u201d Mr. Adimado told B&FT in an interview at the CFG General Assembly Meeting in Accra.<\/p>\n
For 2019, the CFG intends to concentrate on data collection exercises to map out farmers\u2019 warehouses to assess the coffee sector\u2019s strength and determine the help needed; conduct soil mapping; ensure passage of the Coffee sector regulations; as well as develop a baseline assessment of coffee consumption in Ghana.<\/p>\n
CFG in collaboration with Cocobod, Mr. Adimado said, is revisiting the coffee industry where they will professionalise it; make it more attractive; and improve on the quality and bring innovation.<\/p>\n
Additionally, he indicated that the idea is to make coffee more profitable to farmers as a diversified income strategy; and, also, to address the climate change impact in coffee and cocoa economies that are no longer producing for cocoa.<\/p>\n
Some parts of Brong Ahafo, Ashanti and Volta Regions are considered conducive for coffee.<\/p>\n
He further added that revamping coffee requires private sector and government support, but maintained there has been a lot of support coming through already \u2013 with the only issue having to do with mapping-out the kind of support that will go to farmers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is so much support in registering the sector, have a database, knowing who is doing what in the coffee chain, and looking at what planting materials are needed together with Cocoa Research Institute and all the state-owned institutions that can drive home the profit,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Already, 20,000 farmers have expressed interest to invest in coffee as a business.<\/p>\n
On the profitability of the business, Mr. Adimado indicated that it will depend on the farmers who are keen on it to follow-through the information and do it well.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we want to amplify is that coffee should be a diversified option for farmers that want to go into coffee as an enterprise, so we want to support coffee and champion it as a diversified income in the commodity arena, which is the idea behind CFG.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Coffee Sector regulations, in particular, when passed \u201cwill give us bargaining power to secure funding; it will help us with our pricing,\u201d explained Chief Nat Ebo Nsarko, President of CFG.<\/p>\n
Africa, statistics indicate, produces about 10.8 percent of the world\u2019s total volume of coffee. However, Africa only consumes 3 percent of total coffee produced on the continent domestically.<\/p>\n
Ethiopia for instance consumes 50 percent of total volume of coffee produced locally, while Kenya consumes about 5 percent of coffee produced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Samuel Adimado, Vice president of CFG<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n