The Agriprenuer Newsletter Department of Agribusiness Management & Consumer Studies

  Name:   Abigail Oparebea Boateng Alumni Year Group:  2018 Current Position:  Assistant Lecturer  Can you share any advice with the young Alumni? With perseverance and determination, you will accomplish, much. Be bold and take up opportunities that come your way.

Name:  Samuel Atewene Alumni Year Group:  2018 Current Position:  Agriprenuer Can you share any advice with the young Alumni? It is alright to embrace the unknown. 10 years ago, I stepped onto the UENR Dormaa Campus unsure of what to expect. But the dedication of faculty members and achievements garnered there have paved the present successes. Never give up on your goals and never forget that you are capable.  

  Name: Priscilla Creppy Alumni Year Group: 2018 Current Position: Currently pursuing PhD at the Norwegian University of Life Science Can you share any advice with the young Alumni? Never compromise on what you deserve. Whether it´s an academic pursuit or opportunities, maintain high standards for yourself. Your hard work and dedication merit nothing less.

  By: Samuel Boateng The Agriprenuer Newsletter Agricultural value chain issues that require immediate attention include food waste, inadequate post-harvest management, limited market access, ineffective agricultural finance targeting, and poor packaging and issues regarding processing.   In Ghana for example, as high as 50 percent of products such as tomatoes, mangoes, pineapple, and bananas rot away annually after harvesting, due to the country’s inability to transport, store and process these agriproducts. Also, there are instances where there is an unlimited supply of tomatoes in Ghana's Upper East Region, one of the country's major tomato-producing regions, but a shortage in the Western region, which would drive up prices in the scarcity zones. The subject that remains unresolved is “how to ensure that agricultural commodities are uniformly distributed to prevent shortages in certain parts of the country and surpluses in others”. These imbalances result in either drasti...

By: Abigail Oparebea Boateng & Ama Jochebed  The Agriprenuer Newsletter Dormaa Ahenkro is a hub for egg production and the largest supplier of eggs in Ghana. However, it is alarming to learn that recently the price of eggs  in Dormaa Ahenkro  is equally expensive as it is in busy towns like Accra and its environs. Specifically, in 2018/2019, an egg of roughly 60mm (2.3 inches) in length was priced at 0.50 pesewas in Dormaa Ahenkro, meanwhile, it is now priced at GH¢ 2.00 in 2023, indicating that the price of an egg has tripled in less than a decade. Some blame it on the current inflation of goods in the country which has affected practically the price of everything, including the maize and other major ingredients required for manufacturing poultry feed. This has resulted in most farms folding up subsequently leading to a price rise of eggs in the market. These few firms now operating due to firms having folded up prefer to sell their eggs to Cote d'Ivoire which...