PROJECT DESCRIPTION
As a result of the low production of fresh pineapples, existing juice companies import pineapple juice concentrate for further processing for the local market and the West
African sub-region.

Investment opportunities, therefore, exist for the processing of fresh pineapples into juice concentrate for export and local markets.

Establishment of processing facilities within 50,000 hectares of available lands in the Bui area has also been identified and confirmed to be very viable. Pineapple juice processing plants can also be sited in the Accra Plains, Aburi-Nsawam axis and the Awutu areas where there are existing commercial pineapple farms.

Additionally, the pineapple bran obtained from processing can be used for the feeding of livestock.

PROJECT SCOPE

Setting up new processing factories or upgrading operations of existing small-scale factories to process the fresh pineapples into juice concentrates. The fresh pineapple export sub-sector is the most developed of all the nontraditional horticultural export crops in Ghana. It accounts for 20% of revenues from this sub-sector.

The smooth cayenne is the main export variety but there is the gradual introduction of MD2. The sugar loaf pineapple does not feature much in export due to poor post-harvest outcomes on quality. Ghana is among the countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of pineapples during 2019 worth $31.6 million.

INITIAL CAPITAL OUTLAY REQUIRED

The capital outlay required is US$ 1 -5 million

PROJECT LOCATION

The pineapple juice processing facilities can be sited in the Accra Plains, AburiNsawam axis, Awutu areas and on the 50,000 hectares of available lands in the Bui
area