GhanaVeg – Update on Program Progress Business Platform – 19 June, 2014

1. GhanaVeg – Update on Program Progress Business Platform – 19 June, 2014 Joep van den Broek GhanaVeg Program Leader

2. Introduction • GhanaVeg: to support the private sector in further investing in and innovating Ghana’s vegetable sector. • Our motto is ‘Healthy and quality vegetables from Ghana through new ways of doing business’. • The GhanaVeg Business Platform aims to be: • The meeting place for Ghana’s vegetable sector • Setting the agenda for future investments • Preparing strategy and market studies • Driving the public-private dialogue for the vegetable sector.

3. The GhanaVeg Program • Focus: • High-value domestic market and exports • Commercial vegetable crops: tomato, chili peppers, bell peppers, onions, Asian vegetables, eggplant, cucumber, squash, melons and spices. • Private sector: entire chain from input supply to retail and from logistics to private extension. • At farm level the project focuses on: the commercial smallholder farmer, the small investor farmers as well as large-scale farming (with outgrowers). • 2014-2017 period

4. Program structure and activities GhanaVeg Business Platform Public-Private Dialogue GhanaVeg Secretariat Business to Business Activities R&D Innovation Fund Consultancy Fund Business Opportunities Fund

5. Update 1. MoTI Collaboration • Horticulture priority sector in MoTI’s strategy • Emphasis on: • Input supply (subsidy/vouchers) • Farmer group models (outgrowers/FBOs) • Logistics (pack & coolhouses) • Certification (TRAQ) • Grants and loans (EDAIF) & • Land (medium-term) • MoTI and GhanaVeg to develop a joint action plan

6. Update 2. EU-COLEACP-PIP • Export study advises on need for certification; which becomes prerequisite for all EU markets in a few years • EU-COLEACP Program can assist in certification (GlobalGAP, HACCP, BRC) • Still some room for new applications till 2015 • Large farms / exporters • Group certification (small-scale farmers) • If interested GhanaVeg can assist with application • Applications: http://pip.coleacp.org/en

7. Update 3. B.O. and R&D Funds • Call closed 6 May; 11 applicants • 4 approved, two presented today • 7 were rejected because incomplete (e.g. budget, targets or M&E Framework missing) or not eligible (e.g. no seed company or wholesaler/retailer/exporter) • An adapted fund guideline comes out focusing on: • Intake meeting GV team to discuss feasibility • More detailed form for applications • Additional support from GV for proposal dev’t • Longer time for application (> 2months) • The extended call (deadline 9 June) will be assessed soon

8. 3. B.O. and R&D Funds (2) • New B.O. Calls with deadline for 1 September will start soon. Proposed topics: • Chain integration (continued) • Greenhouse / Nurseries (design & local construction) • High-end exports • R&D Call for Proposals most likely to continue on innovations in input supply: seed, irrigation, fertilizers and crop protection products

9. Contact details Joep van den Broek EnamGbekor Program Leader Snr Business Advisor joep.vandenbroek@wur.nl egbekor@ifdc.org +233 24 853 2850 +233 24 468 0848 Hanson Arthur Fund Manager harthur@ifdc.org +233 24 523 5432 www.ghanaveg.org

10. Thank you!