Francis Kweku Amagloh

Dear Ganiyat,

Good to hear from you again, and to know you are doing well.

We are on the next discussion, so just summarise what you moderated. We are ok with the discussion.

Rgds,
Francis

My responses to your issues you raised:

-how did you approach the aggregators?

We met the aggregators at the urban market (Agbogbloshie) where we explained to them what we want to do and needed their support. They agreed to work with us after a little resistance.

– what has been the nature of your collaboration?

The sweetpotato business in…[Read more]

I had an experience in Ghana, I would like to share.

I have been working with sweetpotato aggregators for 2 years now. All they transport is the white- and yellow-fleshed sweetpotato roots because that is what food vendors preferred to fry. I enquire from farmers why they are not growing OFSP, and I was told that the aggregators won’t buy it.…[Read more]

Good to hear another positive result of OFSP puree and bread. Can we also consider it by using when in season, at least for now?

Jean, how do you use the frozen puree? From the thawing to the mixing. I am yet to try this out, but it looks like that is the way to go.

How long can you keep it frozen?

Good points Tawanda.

In Ghana, the “no added suagr” is catching up. But I know where sugar is included, it is at a lower proportion than the usual, so we can consider, “low sugar added” on our label.

Yes, we need our own bakeries, but till we get them, we can work through existing commercial bakeries. This was the approach I focussed on in…[Read more]

I would also suggest in promoting the bread, we use it nutritional value for promotion.

For example, the recipes I have developed in Ghana, do not require using sugar as an ingredient. So adding “no sugar” added to the bread label, would really catch the eye of consumers.

Secondly, we need to carry glycaemic response after consuming the bread,…[Read more]

Thanks Roland and Tawanda for starting the discussion.

In Ghana, I would dare to say the puree-for-bread, I have named it, Vitabread, is really catching up, and may have huge potential to sustain the OFSP for health and wealth agenda. I brought someone from Accra, the capital of Ghana, and trained him at a local bakery in the North. He is now…[Read more]

For me, the youth can be get involve if we develop OFSP value chains into businesses. For example, in West Africa, graduates should be funded to go into tissue culture for planting material. I am afraid, the women of childbearing age in the communities we worked may not be able to do tissue culture. Vine multiplication is demanding in Ghana, and…[Read more]