On September 23, 2016, the Food Connection Challenge will be kicked-off in Utrecht. Crosswise Works and BoP Innovation Center initiated this business-student challenge in May 2016 and aimed to bring together Ghanaian companies, Dutch students and Dutch companies to work on fit-to-purpose solutions for postharvest food losses in Ghana.

Kick-off

On Friday September 23 the companies and the students will meet for the first time and further explore the different post-harvest loss cases of the Ghanaian companies. During the kick-off different experts will talk on the challenges related to decreasing post-harvest losses, the Ghanaian context and the role of the Dutch private sector in agri-business in Ghana.

Background

The Food & Business Knowledge Platform (F&BKP) has awarded a grant to organize the Food Connection Challenge. The Challenge centres around reducing postharvest losses experienced by agri-food businesses in Ghana, through the use of existing technology developed in the Netherlands which will be adapted to the local context. For more information see: knowledge4food.net/launch-food-connection-challenge/