Ghana To Take Punjabs Assistance To Augment Rice Production Ghana will take Punjabs expertise to boost its rice production and improve its food grain quality. Seeking Punjabs help, Ghanas Energy and Petroleum Deputy Minister Benjamin Dagadu called on the State Food and Supplies Minister Adesh Partap Singh Kairon also seeking Punjabs expertise related to better infrastructure and latest techniques in the field of food technology, besides setting up of online post-procurement operations. Kairon assured the visiting delegation of all possible help in order to enable Ghana to produce quality food grains especially rice, and promised to share expertise in better milling and preservation operations. Informing that Ghana produces quality cocoa crop in abundance, Dagadu requested Punjab to share its expertise in post procurement operations of cocoa. The delegation also held another meeting with the top officials of various departments of the State to explore opportunities in various fields. The Minister sought strong mutual relations of business, trade and investment in the area of oil and gas, energy, power, agro-food processing, industry, oil refinery and co-operative farming and other related business opportunities between the state of Punjab and Republic of Ghana. Ghana is a large importer of all types of finished products and consumer goods, but import from India to Ghana was almost negligible as compared to other countries. Powered by Commodity Insights
Posted on: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 06:52:44 +0000