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GhanaVeg - SPS Study

This study reviews SPS risk awareness in Ghana's vegetable sector, identifies gaps in compliance, and recommends interventions for market access. Recommendations include institutional framework development, monitoring plans, GAP compliance, and capacity building.

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GhanaVeg - SPS Study

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  1. GhanaVeg - SPS Study • Sanitary and Phytosanitary Analysis of the high value vegetable sector in Ghana • Irene Koomen*, Josh Glover-Tay and Edwin van der Maden* • June 2014 *WageningenUR, the Netherlands

  2. The SPS Study and Objective • Review the landscape for SPS risk awareness of the high value vegetable sector • Identify gaps and causes of non-compliance to SPS • Recommend interventions to address gaps to ensure compliance and access to the high-value end of the market

  3. Preliminary findings and proposed interventions • Lack of clear roles and mandates between the various public sector institutes; • In relation to the above, too many laboratories are being installed, only GSA (Ghana Standards Authority) is ISO 17025 certified at present. This leads to a waste of resources; => propose a draft institutional framework for consideration, review and adoption at a workshop • Absence of data on MRLs and microbial contamination. Data are collected on a project by project basis but reports are not available in the public domain; • No food safety monitoring plan is in place and no funding for the execution of a monitoring plan available (apparently); => a national monitoring plan for food safety needs to be designed and implemented

  4. Preliminary findings and proposed interventions • A demand driven compliance to GAP is absent; => Link companies to the Green Label Initiative, test the green label on applicability and public-private dialogue • Limited laboratory facilities and human capacity present for phytosanitary compliance; • Inspection process at ports should be improved; • => Capacity-building for phytosanitary inspection staff of PPRSD, public-private dialogue • The pesticide lifecycle process in Ghana is fragmented • => Capacity development of both farmers and public agencies, organization of a public-private dialogue

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