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Esoko urges gov’t to speed up warehousing project to tackle post-harvest losses
Jul 8, 2020
A Commodity price survey service company, Esoko Ghana, has asked government to speed up its construction of warehouses to prevent post-harvest losses as the harvest season for farmers inches closer.
Government in 2018 launched the one district, one warehouse project, to provide storage for farm produce.
For many years, post-harvest losses have become a common feature in Ghana’s agric value chain largely due to limited storage facilities for food produce.
This situation usually leads to farm produce going bad, making farmers poorer as they earn less for their work.
The situation also threatens food security, as storage is critical for difficult times when such produce are not in abundance.
Government in March 2020 said it was constructing 50 warehouses across the country, as part of the one district one warehouse project.
Although these projects are yet to see the light of day, the Minister of Agric in April this year said, government is constructing 80 warehouses with the capacity to store up to 80,000 metric tonnes of food items aimed at ensuring food security.
He said upon completion, these warehouses would distributed to the National Food Buffer Stock Company, the Ghana Stock Exchange, private sector organizations and the sector Ministry for efficient operation.
Content Manager at Esoko Ghana, Francis Danso Adjei, tells Citi Business News government must show more commitment to meet this need.
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