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Ghana: Chinese company to establish a processing plant

19/09/2018

François-Xavier Branthôme
Ghana,
Africa
A Chinese manufacturing company, Xinjiang Tianye (Group) Co. Ltd, visited Ghana in August to hold discussions with the Minister of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) and some government agencies to establish an industrial park that will focus on tomato processing. Tianye is seeking a 20,000-hectare land to build the park. Estimated to cost USD 50 million, the park is expected to house a tomato farm, a processing factory and offices.
The group met with the Ghana Irrigation Development Agency to assess the suitability of the soil for tomato production and also visited the Kpong Dam area where the MoFA is developing a 2,000-hectare irrigation project.

The African Business Manager of Xinjiang Tianye, Mr Zhang, who is also the representative of the Chinese investor community, said the company was eager to begin the processes of establishing the park so that it could take off by 2019.

Source: graphic.com.gh/business/

(See also our article "Togo: Chinese firm wants to set a tomato plant in Lomé")