Joyce Ametor Kporvie

I have twelve years working experience in the Public Sector spanning in diverse areas such as the Development Banking and investment industry, Agricultural Industry and Hospitality industry. I am also the founder of an agribusiness company which is into production of crops such as maize, ginger, yams , cowpea and coconut and adding value to ensure sustainable food security . I am also a council member of the Chartered Institute of Credit Management Ghana Governing Council. I serve as an Country Advisory member for the Club G100, Global trade wing. published a paper in IOSR Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Science(IOSR-JAVS) which discusses the significance of reducing postharvest losses as a vehicle for making more food available thus reducing hunger and poverty. The link is https://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-javs/papers/Vol13-issue8/Series-2/B1308021215.pdf. I am currently

The company seeks to offer food products of superior quality as well as strengthen the capacity of producers, exporters and buyers to participate in a more sustainable production. Therefore, it started with the production of mainly vegetables for export. However, it is currently focused on production of cereals, grains, tubers and tree crop specifically maize, cowpea, yam, ginger and coconut. Believing in value addition, Inicio BD Company Ltd processes ginger into unadulterated ginger powder. Indeed, an important focus of the company is to satisfy the needs of the consumer which includes the growing interest of people in whole foods and plant-based eating. Therefore, the company offers a new line of product which is Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato flour and Gari (garri is the creamy granular flour obtained by processing the starchy tuberous roots of freshly harvested cassava) to serve as an alternative flour and starches to customers seeking gluten-free foods.