Ghana: Vertical Farm Entity Flourishes In Accra

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Jun 5

"With the current setup, the farm can grow leafy greens, herbs, coriander, mint, lettuce, either foreign or local varieties, fruity veggies such as tomatoes, and bell pepper. With strawberries coming soon," says Ernest Larmie, Co-founder and CEO of Farm Estates, an Accra-based vertical farm in Ghana.

With a combination of greenhouse facilities, where cucumbers, bell peppers, tomatoes and strawberries are grown. As well as a vertical farm that allows Farm Estate to cultivate various exotic lettuce varieties.

Given his former work in media, whilst working on a documentary 'Poison on the Menu', Ernest was confronted with the pesticide use of open field production. As his brothers have a strong electrics, software and engineering background, they came together and started working on a university project together focusing on indoor agriculture. Having very little knowledge in agronomy and CEA, they started testing it as many had done before across the globe. With the helping hand of an agronomist and some funding from Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC) Ernest and his team were able to set up Farm Estate.