Fruit Flies, which I call “The Invincible Forces”, because they usually appear out of nowhere, are one of the worst enemies to the production of quality mangoes, period. I’m not surprised the most enduring myths in pest control is that fruits somehow spawns fruit flies. As in, fruit flies materialize out of fruit, and that’s why they seem to come...
On the 2nd of August, our team, including CEO, Edem Blavo, took a trip to the farm, to check the readiness of our trees for our December Harvest. The team, thus Andrews, Peniel, Esther and CEO, Edem Blavo, took off from our office at East Legon at exactly 7 am. On our way, we discussed among ourselves the way forward in...
The Mango For Jobs campaign is a project aimed at bringing to the fore, the importance of improving food security and bolstering the creation of dignified jobs for the teeming youth in the Somanya area as well as other populace who are interested in the agricultural value chain for agricultural advancement in Ghana. After consistent days of meetings and brainstorming,...
Year after year, hortifresh has stayed a sell out success story, revamping farmer-processor relationship in the commercial fruit and vegetable sector, by being the biggest and longest running inclusive economic growth, food and nutrition security in West Africa. On the 31st of July, 2019, Hortifresh, once again outdid themselves by organizing a fruit processing validation workshop, as a means of...
It’s the “Year of Return” and it’s exciting that most Ghanaians in the diaspora are coming back home with some friends, to share in the experience of the rich culture that we have here in our country. Over the weekend, I was pleased to meet friends who are back home with some other friends of theirs, to tour and enjoy...
Our core mission has always been to create jobs to stimulate and improve the living standards in our community. This is why whatever decision we take, we make sure it help us in achieving this goal. We want to increase our yield tonnage every year by at least 50% more of the previous harvest, and we believe we can achieve...
