Ghana’s Vice President, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, has assured that the government will continue to provide the necessary infrastructure to support agribusiness, with particular attention to the tomato value chain.
She gave the assurance during a meeting with executives of GB Foods in Barcelona, Spain, on Friday, April 17, 2026. The discussions focused on the company’s proposal to establish a tomato farm in Ghana aimed at reducing dependence on imports.
Prof. Opoku-Agyemang said the initiative is expected to create sustainable employment and stimulate economic growth.
She added that the government would prioritise key outcomes from the meeting, including measures to provide essential infrastructure to facilitate the project.
She also called for collaboration with local outgrowers to strengthen farmer participation and ensure a mutually beneficial partnership.
“We are happy that you have chosen agriculture because it’s one area in which we need to expand our economy, especially where you are looking at growing the material on soil to ensure that there’s a proper value chain established from the agronomy to the production to even preservation.
“So we want to commend you for that. We are also aware that such interventions are important in creating jobs. That is a very important area for us. In the whole agro-industrial drive that we have in this country, the end result is jobs to make life comfortable for our own citizens. We know there’s business, and it’s going to be a win-win situation,” she said.
On his part, the Director of Corporate Affairs for Africa at GB Foods, Teddy Ngu, appealed for increased state support in developing irrigation systems to enhance tomato cultivation.
He disclosed that the company has secured about 6,000 hectares of land in the Afram Plains for the project, which aims to stabilise Ghana’s tomato supply following recent export restrictions from Burkina Faso.
