PFID/NP Ghana
Governmental Partners
Ghana Export Promotion Council
Development of market strategies and training for industry stakeholders
Export Development and Investment Fund
Establishment of National Natural Products Library; Development of International Trade Standards for the two leading Medicinal plants Export in Ghana
Forestry Commission
Development of Alternate livelihoods projects for Biodiversity Conservations Areas in Ghana
Ministry of Health: Traditional and Alternate Medicine Directorate
Training of Herbal Practitioners and practitioners on good manufacturing practices. Development of Policy guidelines for Implementing an IPR protection for regulating use of medicinal plant resources and indigenous knowledge related to health
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Facilitate Policy issues on Natural Plant Products
Ghana Standards Board
Development of Trade Standards for two leading medicinal plant export from Ghana (to be gazette at WTO)
Other In-Country Partners
Trade Investment Programme for Competitive Export Economy: TIPCEE(Chemonics/USAID)
Development of Norms and Manuals for two leading medicinal plant exports in Ghana.Training of Collector, Agents and Exporters on Natural Products on Good Collections Practices and Business Management
Support Programme for Enterprise Empowerment and Development :SPEED (DANIDA and GTZ)
Development and Strengthening of Botanical Products Association
Training of Collectors, Agents and Exporters on Quality Systems and Business Management. Development of Enterprise Information Systems
SNV (Netherlands)
Market development in Europe
Standards Development and Sustainable Wild Harvesting of leading medicinal export plants Capacity building on quality control, quality assurance and export market readiness
Swiss Import Promotion Program
Market development in Europe
Standards Development and Sustainable Wild Harvesting of leading medicinal export plants. Capacity building on quality control, quality assurance and export market readiness
World Health Organization
Development of herbal teas
Research Institutions Partnerships
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Establishment of Lath house and Gene bank for agronomic research on Natural Plant Products. Economic and Market analysis of selected natural products. Introduction of a Undergraduate Taught Course in Natural Products
Center for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine
Development of the herbal tea market
University of Ghana
Research into hydroponics systems in Ghana
Private Sector Partners
BioResources International, NJ, USA
Dynamic Intertrade
Barbex Technology
The Pure Company
Ghana Federation of Traditional Medicine Practitioners
Botanical Products Association of Ghana
Busylab
Environmental Development Youth Movement (EDYM)
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