EDAIF to make mango the ‘cocoa’ of the north of Ghana

The Export Development and Agricultural Investment Fund (EDAIF), is to invest more funds into mango production in a manner that will make the fruit the ‘cocoa’ of the north.Dr. Abdul Nashiru Issahaku, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of EDAIF announced this in Wa during a training session for some beneficiaries of the mango plantation project in the Upper West Region.Cocoa is Ghana's major cash crop that generates lots of foreign exchange for the nation.Dr Issahaku appealed to people, who had business plans to establish mango juice processing plants, and people who were good at packaging the fruit for export as well as those who wanted to venture into mango growing, to apply to EDAIF for support.He said about 320 farmers from the Upper West, Upper East, Northern, Brong-Ahafo regions and parts of northern Volta were presently benefiting from EDAIF’s mango plantation project fund.Dr. ...