Ghana: Compost recycling plant opens in Accra
The plant was constructed through a Public-Private Partnership between Jekora Ventures Limited (JVL) and Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) facilitated by International Water Management Institute (IMWI) in collaboration with Training Research and Networking for Development (TREND) with technical support from Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – Institute of Industrial Research (CSIR- IIR).
Known as the JVL Fortifer Compost Plant, the fertiliser it produces is expected to help improve soil fertility and crop yield. The plant is also expected to contribute greatly to improve urban sanitation and at the same time boost farm productivity.
The plant will produce high-quality compost in normal humus form as a soil ameliorate, either as normal or pelletised packages.
At the inauguration of the plant at Borteyman, a suburb of Accra, the Managing Director of Jekora Ventures Limited, Ing. Immanuel Nartey-Tokoli, said the new fertiliser –Fortifer – would help improve the yields of common grains such as maize and rice, as well as vegetable crops, including okra, tomatoes, pepper, cabbage and lettuce.
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