Israeli Ambassador Sharon Bar-li
Israel-Ghana Agricultural Business Opportunities Seminar will take place in Accra on the 3rd of March. The seminar aimed at exploring trade and investment opportunities in the agricultural sector in Ghana and potential future collaborations between Ghana and Israel.
The seminar is part of activities marking the official visit of the Israeli Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Hon. Yair Shamir, together with an agro-business delegation.
The seminar is being organized by the Israeli Embassy together with the Israeli Export and International Cooperation Institute, in collaboration with the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC); and will introduce representatives of leading Israeli agricultural companies and their Ghanaian counterparts in both the public and private sectors. It is also expected to provide a unique platform for business networking and B2B and B2G meetings.
Among the Israeli companies to be represented at the seminar include Agricultural Projects companies such as LR Group which manages, develops, produce and maintain large scale agricultural projects worldwide; TAHAL Group, Israel’s largest engineering firm and a key player in agricultural development, water and sanitation; Palgey Maim which specializes in aquaculture and designing of fish systems technology, waste water treatment; and Green 2000 which engages in planning, setting-up, consultation and sale to various projects in different spheres such as Greenhouses, Irrigation, Open-field crops, processing crops, poultry and others.
Other companies include MLP Limited, NaanDanJain Irrigation, AgroTop, Makhteshim Agan, Smart Agriculture (WIT), Dizengoff, Israeli Dairy Board, and Ebony, an entrepreneur that works with leading Israeli and International enterprises to market, export and deliver their business information, solutions, products, and services to countries in Africa, Europe, South America and Asia.
Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, H.E Sharon Bar-li remarks that ‘Israeli agricultural firms can contribute immensely to the “agricultural revolution” of Ghana, under which the agricultural sector can transform from a sustainable agriculture into a profitable business sector, to serve not only Ghana, but the entire West-African neighborhood’.
The Ambassador points that the image that portrays agriculture as a sector of the least achievers has to change, and Israeli agricultural companies are the best proof of agriculture being the epitome of technological developments and extensive research’.
Israel is a major exporter of fresh produce and a world-leader in agricultural technologies despite the fact that the geography of Israel is not naturally conducive to agriculture. Only 20 percent of the land area is naturally arable but today Israel’s agriculture represents close to three percent of its total gross.
Source: Spy-Ghana
