ghanaveg update joep van den broek program leader
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GhanaVeg Update
Joep van den BroekProgram Leader
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GhanaVeg
• 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.
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GhanaVeg focal areas
– 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
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Structure and activity framework
GhanaVeg Business Platform
Business to BusinessActivities
Business Opportunities
Fund
R&D Innovation
Fund
Consultancy Fund
Public-Private Dialogue
GhanaVeg Secretariat
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Consultancy Fund
• Provides studies for business opportunities and bottlenecks in the business climate
• Results are: Business cases and recommendations for the Public-Private Dialogue
• The Public-Private Dialogue aims to address major issues in the investment climate and horticulture regulations
• Additional support activities could be developed for:– Phytosanitary issues– Pesticides reduction– Statistics on vegetable sector
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Business Opportunities Fund
• To support new entrants and frontrunner companies in the vegetables sector
• Organized around thematic calls for proposals based on selected key sector bottlenecks
• Open for Ghanaian and foreign companies• Modality: 50% co-financing, maximum of
€50.000 grant per activity• Independent selection committee assesses
proposals
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R&D Innovation Fund
• Aim is to improve the innovation capacity of the sector• By creating collaboration between the private sector and
Ghana’s research institutes• On-site research can be supported for e.g. variety and
fertilizer trials, new irrigation technology or greenhouse designs
• The fund is organized around specific Calls for Proposals• 50% Co-financing, max. €25.000 grant per activity• Agronomic backstopping and upscaling through
Wageningen UR
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Call Cycles• Calls are issued every quarter• Four rounds of calls for proposals so far concluded– May 5, 2014– July 7, 2014– September 1, 2014– December 1, 2014
• New procedures implemeted – Intake meetings– Call quality improvements
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Call Outcomes• First Call (Chain Integration, Seed Industry, Input Supply)
– 11 applications– 5 shortlisted– 2 awarded (Tikola in Seed Industry, ETL in Chain Integration)
• Second Call (extended for IS and SI)– 4 applications– 3 shortlisted– 2 awarded (Dizengoff in Input Supply, Wienco in Seed Industry)
• Third Call (CI, PC, IS)– 15 applications– 6 shortlisted– 3 awarded (ACSL in Input Supply, Joekopan and 3As in Chain Integration)
• Fourth Call just ended on Dec 1.