She said most financial institutions in the country were reluctant to offer loans to agriculture sector players, adding that, this was affecting agriculture boost in the country.

"One major challenge that agro-processing institutions faced was acquiring financial support from banks. Most financial institutions have shot-term targets whereas most organisations in the agriculture value chain had long-term production targets, this make banks reluctant in giving offering loans to agri-business players," she said.

She made these remarks on the side-lines of a media tour of the company's state-of-the-art factory, which processes fruits, vegetables, herbs and juices.

The media tour was to enlighten the media on the various processes fresh farm produce passed through before the company supplied them to the market.

The factory operates in three stages, the first stage was the dirty area were products were sorted and passed on to the washing stage.

At the washing stage, the farm produce were washed thoroughly, after which they were sent to the processing rooms for processing and packaging.

Ms Krobo Edusei said Eden Tree had been in the supply of fresh vegetables, fruits, herbs and juices in the country for the past twenty-two years.

She said most of their products were supplied to supermarkets which had conducive temperatures in stock for the products, adding that, fruits and vegetables needed to be kept in a cold temperature to keep it fresh and healthy.

She said the company had about twenty (20) per cent of their products from their own farms at Nsawam, Asuatare and Ada, and had the rest from others farmers they worked with.

"The farmers that we operate with undergo training on our how to cultivate varieties of the crops for the market," she said.

The Managing Director said currently they had close to sixty employees that they work with, including their farmers.

She said they were planning to increase the company's yield and supply to markets in other African countries in the next five-years.