In order to improve their health, he advised consumers to consume nutritional foods. He also noted that food no longer merely satisfied hunger or the urge to eat by providing the proper nutrition, but also played a role in the consumer's overall well-being.
In a recent interview with the Daily Graphic at the height of this year's National Farmers Day celebrations in Koforidua in the Eastern Region, Mr. Kudomor offered the advice.
He emphasised the importance of farmers utilising the raw material base produced by Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) to create sustainable businesses through value addition. He claimed that various projects run by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture contributed to the success of PFJ.
Value stream
In particular for value-added products, he claimed that situation was what had been driving and defining the entire agriculture value chain and access to markets.
He noted that enterprises involved in the food manufacturing and processing industries needed to create food that guaranteed consumer wellbeing and should be subject to both national and international standards.
Mr. Kudumor also suggested that there was a sizable domestic and worldwide market for semi-processed goods and that developing agro-processing enterprises would benefit if they researched industry criteria and produced in accordance with them.
For instance, he claimed that important industries in the nation were importing vegetable powder because they couldn't find it locally in the required quality.
Export is refused
He claimed that in other situations, pepper powder exported to Europe was rejected and destroyed, with financial repercussions, because it did not meet criteria for food safety and quality.
Although Ghana had increased the output of the raw materials required by the majority of businesses, Mr. Kudumor claimed that these raw materials' quality and safety were crucial for gaining access to industry markets.
Opportunity
He said that, for instance, the production of maize had increased from 1.8 million tonnes in 2016 to more than 3.0 million tonnes in 2021, but that some companies, particularly those that made baby meals, were having problems with the supply's dependability and safety.
Mr. Kudumor made a suggestion that Ghanaians, particularly those who took agricultural courses relating to post-harvest technologies, could take advantage of the circumstance as a commercial opportunity.
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