Agricultural journalist and influencer, Gifty Hodey Manye, popularly known as Enyonam on social media, has joined stakeholders, including farmers, agribusiness entrepreneurs, food processors, investors and agricultural media representatives from Ghana at EIMA International 2026 in Bologna, Italy.
Manye, who is attending the international agricultural machinery and technology exhibition as an official agro-influencer and journalist, shared highlights of the first day of activities on Facebook, describing the experience as an opportunity for agricultural trade, investment and knowledge exchange between Ghana and Italy.
The Ghanaian delegation explored Italy’s agricultural technologies, with particular attention to mechanisation, packaging, logistics and e-commerce.
The programme also included a visit to Campi Prova Cadriano, providing participants with further exposure to Italy’s agricultural technology and innovation landscape.
The initiative, facilitated through the Italian Trade Agency (ITA), seeks to create opportunities for technology transfer, business partnerships and stronger commercial relations between the two countries.
For Ghana, the engagement offers an opportunity to identify technologies and business models that could help improve agricultural productivity, strengthen value chains and expand opportunities in food processing and distribution.
Enyonam, who hosts the Ghanaian Farmer on social media and Joy Prime TV emphasised that the objective was not simply to admire Italy’s technological advancements but to explore how such innovations could be adapted to create profitable businesses and address challenges within Ghana’s agricultural sector.
EIMA International 2026, running from November 10 to 14, is one of the world’s major exhibitions dedicated to agricultural and gardening machinery. It brings together manufacturers, technology providers, farmers and other industry players to showcase equipment and solutions for modern agriculture.
The fully sponsored trip by the event organisers will give her an opportunity to document developments at the exhibition and share insights with Ghanaian farmers, agribusiness operators and other audiences through her media platforms on YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, among others.
Her participation comes amid Ghana’s ongoing efforts to modernise agriculture, improve mechanisation and strengthen the competitiveness of local agribusinesses.
The knowledge and business connections emerging from the engagement could help expose Ghanaian agricultural stakeholders to technologies and investment opportunities capable of supporting the country’s agricultural transformation.
Meanwhile, the award-winning Ghanaian journalist, content creator and host of the Ghanaian Farmer TV show was also in Norway from November 1 to 9, 2026, to explore the country’s aquaculture and food production systems.
The visit was facilitated by the Norwegian Veterinary Institute, which exposed her to Norway’s aquaculture practices and innovations.
The initiative builds on the collaboration between Ghana and Norway under the Norwegian-funded Fish for Development project, which ran from 2018 to 2025.
