Reviving Ghana’s Fresh Chili Pepper Export Industry: Commercial Chili Production Trial Net Houses by GIRSAL and Partners

GIRSAL, USAID Ghana Trade and Investment Activity, VegPro Kenya, and other partners have initiated a pilot project to grow and export chili pepper using net house technology to meet the phytosanitary requirements of the EU market. This move is part of GIRSAL’s 5-year strategic plan to support export-related value chains such as vegetables, avocado, mango, […]

DBG Partners GIRSAL to Train Staff of Financial Institutions on Agric-Financing

Lending to the Ghanaian agricultural sector has generally been low, compared to other sectors. This has been attributed to the high risk associated with the sector, among other reasons. Interventions such as Ghana Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (GIRSAL) ’s agricultural credit risk guarantee and technical assistance have been introduced to de-risk and […]