Top three award winners with dignitaries at the event. (Insert: Dr. Sagre Bambangi, Deputy Min of Food and Agriculture giving the key note address)
Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL), Ghana’s leading total beverage business and a subsidiary of Diageo PLC, has rewarded deserving sorghum farmers and aggregators in the Upper East and Upper West Regions at a recognition and appreciation event held in Tamale.
GGBL has been using sorghum since 2008 in the production of its premium brands such as Guinness Foreign Extra Stout, Malta Guinness and Top malt.
The company also uses maize and cassava in its brewing processes as part of its local raw materials initiative to substitute imported raw material for locally produced raw material, which will develop a strong sustainable supply chain and create employment for many Ghanaians within the chain.Francis Agbonlahor, Managing Director of GGBL said, “GGBL is currently about 48% of local raw materials used in our production. As an international business, we have seen at firsthand in our other businesses, especially in East Africa how the right government policies can transform the local value chain. That is why I am pleased on the intervention by government on ‘Planting for food and jobs’ programme, which I am positive will transform both the agricultural and manufacturing industries.”
Delivering the keynote address, Dr. Sagre Bambangi, Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, applauded Guinness Ghana for their local raw material initiative.
All of 10 categories were rewarded, with Seidu Dinko and Banong-yeng Kyiwieh, recognised for being the best farmers in the Upper East and Upper West Regions respectively.
They all took home motorcycles and assorted products from GGBL.
Faranaya Limited located in the Upper East Region was adjudged the best aggregator, with a thresher worth GHC22,000.00 to support their work with farmers and products from GGBL.
A Business Desk Report