The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is the specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development (ISID) for poverty reduction, inclusive globalization and environmental sustainability. The mandate of UNIDO is to promote and accelerate inclusive and sustainable industrial development in developing countries and economies in transition. UNIDO's vision is a world where economic development is sustainable and economic progress is equitable.
The UNIDO project “improving the technology and quality control system for higher value addition in the post-harvest processes of the rice value chain” (ITEQ) is a joint effort of the Governments of Ghana, Japan, and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) respond to an existing need and demand of the value chain actors and institutions to develop their capacities to comply with the market requirements and for the increased added value that will open new opportunities for strengthening the overall sectoral competency in Ghana’s rice value chain.
The project is implemented jointly by UNIDO, Ministry of Food and Agriculture and stakeholders in the rice value chain with funding from the Japanese Government. The project is implemented in the Northern and Ashanti regions, and will contribute to the food security challenges in the country and the overall national agenda towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
The overall objective of the project is to contribute to sustainable and inclusive higher value creation and food supply capacity, in terms of both quality and quantity, in the Ghanaian agro-business industry through advancing the technological upgrade and sectoral competitiveness of the quality assurance system along the rice value chain focusing on the post-harvest processes and crop management.
One of key activities of the UNIDO (ITEQ) project is to build the capacities of the rice value chain actors within the project and aims to catalyze an improvement in the overall quality of paddy rice produced by value chain actors. The capacity building activities of rice value chain actors commenced in 2023 and 6 trainings had already been conducted with various actors in the rice value chain.
In connection to these two separate training workshops, it will be conducted by Ghana Standard Authority, with support from Ministry of Food and Agriculture, and UNIDO for 60 Agricultural Officers and selected value chain actors in Bekwai and Ahafo Ano North respectively in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The training will focus on Ghana standards and quality requirements for paddy and milled rice with emphasis on rice post-harvest quality management, particularly, in the context of improving the quality of rice. The program is meant for resourceful Agricultural Officers and selected value chain actors, with several years of experience in training rice value chain actors to supply quality paddy rice to local millers. The implementation of this training is part of a series of capacity building activities within the project and aims to catalyze an improvement in the overall quality of paddy rice produced by value chain actors.
To learn more about UNIDO go to www.unido.org, to learn more about the project “Improving the technology and quality control system for higher value addition in the post-harvest processes of the rice value chain” visit link to relevant project website (https://open.unido.org/projects/GH/projects/210213).
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