Food processing in Ghana: Trends, constraints, and opportunities
As a rapidly-urbanizing, lower middle-income country, Ghana is experiencing diet changes that are spurring a growing demand for processed foods. Recent surveys show significant presence of processed goods in retail shops, including milled rice, processed fruits and vegetables, and frozen meats, but...
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2016
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| description | As a rapidly-urbanizing, lower middle-income country, Ghana is experiencing diet changes that are spurring a growing demand for processed foods. Recent surveys show significant presence of processed goods in retail shops, including milled rice, processed fruits and vegetables, and frozen meats, but only about a fifth of these products are processed locally. The main reason processing has failed to take off is not lack of policy: Ghana has always been interested in processing of tomatoes, has established a presidential initiative for processing cassava, and aims to process half of the cocoa produced locally. Rather, the main constraint to a vibrant processing sector is the low production and productivity, high cost, and poor quality of local raw materials. This brief describes these key constraints for growing a thriving domestic food processing sector and high-lights some opportunities for growth. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1476582025-11-06T07:38:21Z Food processing in Ghana: Trends, constraints, and opportunities Andam, Kwaw S. Silver, Jed food technology economic development urbanization food processing As a rapidly-urbanizing, lower middle-income country, Ghana is experiencing diet changes that are spurring a growing demand for processed foods. Recent surveys show significant presence of processed goods in retail shops, including milled rice, processed fruits and vegetables, and frozen meats, but only about a fifth of these products are processed locally. The main reason processing has failed to take off is not lack of policy: Ghana has always been interested in processing of tomatoes, has established a presidential initiative for processing cassava, and aims to process half of the cocoa produced locally. Rather, the main constraint to a vibrant processing sector is the low production and productivity, high cost, and poor quality of local raw materials. This brief describes these key constraints for growing a thriving domestic food processing sector and high-lights some opportunities for growth. 2016-10-25 2024-06-21T09:23:08Z 2024-06-21T09:23:08Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147658 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Andam, Kwaw and Silver, Jed. 2016. Food processing in Ghana: Trends, constraints, and opportunities. GSSP Policy Note 11. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147658 |
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