Agrihouse Foundation Announces New Date for 4th LiPF Tradeshow

Agrihouse Foundation has announced Friday, July 1^st and Saturday, July 2^nd as new dates for this year’s 4^th annual Livestock, Poultry and Fisheries Training Tradeshow (LiPF), organized as part of efforts to contribute to Ghana’s animal agriculture sector, aimed at propelling growth and equal sharing of resources and attention in the sector.
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The event has over the years, become an integral platform where livestock, poultry and fisheries farmers, processors and service providers can exhibit their products, receive training and network with other stakeholders to have common concerns addressed.

This year, the two-day Tradeshow is on the theme, “Speed Up, Build it Now,” as it seeks to inspire and empower the more young Ghanaians to identify more untapped opportunities within animal agricultural sector, with the goal of helping  them to overcome the increased rate of unemployment in the country.

In partnership with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), and the National Farmers and Fishermen Award Winners Association (NFFAWAG), the event will take place at in Accra, at the Afua Sutherland Children’s Park.

In a press release, Executive Director of Agrihouse Foundation, Alberta Nana Akyaa Akosa Sarpong, noted that bbeyond imparting practical knowledge, the youth will be empowered with innovation and technology to equip them start their agribusinesses in processing and animal production.

The training sessions will therefore offer in-depth understanding and appreciation of the animal agric sector, which would to enable them identify uncharted career paths within the value chain, Executive Director of Agrihouse Foundation, Alberta Nana Akyaa Akosa Sarpong, has noted.

She said the Livestock, Poultry and Fisheries Training Tradeshow, offers unique opportunity for Ghanaian graduates and the unemployed to equip themselves with introductory and intermediary knowledge required for poultry, piggery, snail production, mushroom production, cattle rearing, small ruminants (sheep, goats, rabbit) rearing. The platform offers trainees a chance to network and form long-term relationships with seasoned value chain actors who can offer them professional advice and guidance as they establish their agribusinesses, she added.

Touching on the exhibitions, she said, it runs alongside training sessions. Companies and organizations exhibit their products and services through live demonstrations, video and audio presentations. In the past three years, the exhibitions have hosted over 40 Exhibitors including, Jubaili Limited, Ghana Poultry Project, Eco Feeding, Flour Mills Of Ghana Limited, Agricultural Development Bank, Addfra Limited, Top Man Farms, Pig Farmers Association, Bemcom Youth Ent. Skills Training Center, Agricare, and Quality Farms, among others.

Started in 2019, LiPF Tradeshow has in the past three years, built an organic database of over 50,000 sub holder farmers who are operating in the animal agricultural sector. Feedbacks received from over 90% of participants indicate they consider the event a perfect platform for introductory training into animal agriculture. This has consequently led to the introduction of more training and capacity-building sessions during the second and third editions of the event.

Livestock, Poultry and Fisheries Training Tradeshow (LiPF), has over the years been supported by the Agricultrual Development Bank, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) – Ghana Poultry Project (GPP), Holland Akorkor, and Flourmill Ghana Limited. Collaborating institutions have included  the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), the National Farmers and Fishermen Award Winners Association (NFFAWAG), and the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI).

To ensure maximum impact as in previous years, the training sessions would to be organized in small groups of fifteen (15) to twenty (20) participants, which would ideally, last one to two hours. Different classes would run concurrently, and repeated for trainees who have opted for multiple sessions.

This year’s event will include a food bazaar, to be held on the second day, from 12- 8pm. A Grills and Barbecue side event (chinchinga festival) will celebrate the diversity of Ghanaian meat cuisines/ kebab – using the various livestock, fisheries and poultry product as well as soya bean. Various restaurants and street food vendors have registered to display their chinchinga recipes to the numerous participants who will be passing through the two-day event.