Export Marketing and Quality Awareness Project (EMQAP)
An AfDB-funded project constructing a communal packhouse in Vakpo, Volta Region to support fresh horticultural produce quality management and export readiness.
The Export Marketing and Quality Awareness Project (EMQAP) of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana, with funding from the Africa Development Bank (AfDB), constructed one communal packhouse at Vakpo in the Volta Region of Ghana for individuals and stakeholders engaged in the production and marketing of fresh horticultural produce.
Within the post-harvest system, the packinghouse served as a control point where quality management could be applied to assure a reliable supply of produce of good quality. Packhouses also served as sites for the effective implementation of strategies designed to eliminate or minimize microbial, chemical, and physical contamination, thereby enhancing the competitiveness and export readiness of horticultural produce.
Countries/Locations: Ghana
Project Partners: Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Banque Africaine de Developpement (AfDB)