Ghana is to improve agricultural productivity within the way term as it collaborates with innovators from Canada. As a result, a team from Canada’s Alberta Climate Smart Agriculture program will be visiting Ghana from Friday May 18, 2018 to Wednesday, May 23, 2018.
The team will meet with agriculture industry players, researchers and farmers to establish networks and secure investment opportunities for the Ghanaian people.
The Canadian High Commission to Ghana on the mission’s visit stated that the mission will host a seminar for a select group of Canadian firms to deliberate innovative ways in agriculture in the country. The event is slated for the 21st of May in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi. The High Commissioner quoted:
“To afford the select group of Canadian firms the opportunity to interact, exchange and showcase their expertise and innovative solutions in addressing agricultural impacts of climate change, livestock management and information technology solutions, and the support educational institutions provide in agriculture innovation”.
Further more, the visiting group will hold strategic meetings with Ghanaian research institutions comprising those from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), University of Ghana and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
According to the Canadian High Commission in Ghana, >‘the visit by the Alberta delegation fits into the government of Ghana’s agenda to modernize the agriculture sector and reaffirms the Ghana-Canada partnership.’
In addition to this, ‘it will support the shared commitment to ensuring that once again the agriculture sector contributes to poverty reduction, job creation and economic growth in the country.’
The team will be led by Dave Burdek, Assistant Deputy Minister, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry Ministry, Canada.
Alberta accounts for about 20 per cent of Canadian exports of primary and processed agricultural and food products (agro-food exports), and has a strong history of developing innovation in livestock management and agric as a whole.
Canada is the world’s fifth largest agriculture exporter and agro-processing is an essential part of the Canadian economy.