Greenhouse Farming: The Solution to Ghana’s $100M+ Tomato Problem
Ghana has a problem, she spends over $100 Million each year importing tomatoes to feed her citizenry.
This problem is not unique to just tomatoes, it applies to several of the other fruits and vegetables the country consumes daily.
Techselta has a solution that will not only solve the nation’s tomato problem but can also be used as a brilliant import substitution drive to get more young people to participate in greenhouse farming.
In this episode, Paul Aseidu, one of the co-founders of Techshelta, walks us through the basics of:
1. Operating a greenhouse farm
2. Ways to manage a greenhouse farm as a business
3. Opportunities for newbies in the greenhouse space
4. General supply chain gaps that young people with little money can take advantage of to start their journey as entrepreneurs within the greenhouse farming value chain.
Techselta is an agriculture technology company that builds and manages greenhouse farms, provides efficient and cost-effective online advisory, automation, and market linkage services to greenhouse farmers, aggregators, and consumers. You can learn more about them at www.techshelta.com and follow them on social media @techshelta.
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Table of Contents:
0:00 - intro
3:12 - greenhouse farm v traditional farm
6:00 - greenhouse farm as a business
8:50 - from an engineer to a farmer
12:12 - the making of a juicy tomato
13:00 - beginning stages of a greenhouse farm
17:30 - the importance of traceability of crops
20:00 - output of a greenhouse farm
21:43 - profitability of tomato greenhouse farm
25:10 - Owning a greenhouse farm with $2000
30:20 services offered by Techshelta
31:00 - opportunities in the greenhouse value chain