George Oduro, Deputy Minister of Agriculture-Horticulture Ghana’s horticultural sector has witnessed a significant transformation in recent times due to some corrective measures put up by government with support of its development partners and stakeholders in the country. A typical example of such measures is the introduction of the inspection and control system for plant health at exit points, especially at Kotoka International Airport which contributed to the lifting of a ban by the European Commission in October, 2015 on exports of five plant commodities from Ghana into the European Union(EU) market on 31 st October 2017. The ban lifted on Ghana’s vegetable sector as from 1 st January 2018, has enabled the country to benefit from the 100% preferential access to the EU market provided by the Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement which came into force on December 15, 2016. One of such developmental partners whose immense contribution has led ...