President John Dramani Mahama has extended an invitation to Belarusian investors to partner with Ghanaian business associations
The partnership, he said would be mutually beneficial for both countries as Ghana pursues self-sufficiency in food production.
The invitation came on the second day of his state visit to Belarus, during which President Mahama toured one of the country’s largest agro-processing facilities in the industrial city of Brest.
President Mahama, received by the Governor of Brest, Piotr Alexsandrovich Parkhomchik, and senior Belarusian Foreign Ministry officials, toured the facility’s high-tech dairy production lines, which produce baby food, milk, cheese, and milk powder for global markets.
He said Ghana was committed to adopting modern processing techniques to move from smallholder farming to large-scale commercial agriculture.
“We are here to tap into Belarus’ vast experience as we work to make Ghana self-dependent in food production,” he said, adding that identifying technical solutions to reduce post-harvest losses was a primary goal of the visit.
The Managing Director of the facility, Aleksandr Savchits, revealed that the company recorded over $1.4 billion in profit last year and had recently begun exporting dairy products to Ghana, with plans to expand that trade as bilateral ties between the two countries grew stronger.
Belarus ranks among the world’s leading exporters of dairy products including milk powder, butter, and cheese, and President Mahama said the country’s agro-industrial experience was directly relevant to Ghana’s goal of achieving food self-sufficiency.
The President was accompanied on the tour by his Advisor and Special Aide Joyce Bawah Mogtari and Ghana’s Ambassador to Moscow, Dr Jehu-Appiah.
Richard Aniagyei, ISD
