We must add more value to local products – Trade Minister

Ghana’s ambition to increase non-traditional export earnings to US$10 billion will depend largely on the country’s ability to process more of its agricultural produce locally and retain greater value within the economy.

That was a key message emerging from the third Ghana International Horticulture Expo in Accra, where government officials, exporters and industry players stressed the need to move Ghana’s agricultural sector beyond the production and export of raw commodities.

The figures, he said, put Ghana on course towards its US$10 billion non-traditional export revenue target by 2030.