GIRSAL: Ghana’s chilli exports could generate $30m in three years

Ghana Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending Project (GIRSAL) has disclosed that the export of Chilli pepper from Ghana will, within the next three years, accrue over $30 million in revenue for the government.

This, according to the project, is because of an initiative to train farmers to produce 30 hectares of Chilli peppers for export.

The farmers are expected to be trained on meeting the quality standards for export purposes.

Addressing the press, the Chief Operating Officer of GIRSAL, Samuel Yeboah, indicated that the first phase will give the country $3 million in revenue.

“These farmers who are taking part in this project in the first place will have their capacities built. They will learn how to produce chilies under safe conditions more efficiently to be able to develop and scale up their production to the highest level.

“This project, the first phase alone will be bringing in about $3 million into the country. We hope that in the next three years, we should be getting over $20-30 million from chili exports alone into the country.

“This aligns with the government’s accelerated export development agenda. We are going to work in partnership with the government agencies to ensure that we achieve this aim,” he said.