date:Feb 13, 2013
Avnash Industries Ghana has opened a new $60m edible oil plant in Tema, Ghana, as a part of its efforts to lower dependence on product imports.
The new plant, which has a capacity to produce 500t of edible-oil a day, will enable the company to raise its production capacity to 1,500t a day within a couple of years.
Ghana Finance Minister Seth Tekper said the growth of farmers is being restrained, in spite of the availability of abundant natural resources, due to the unavailability of desired in