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Low price is a problem for tomato growers of Upper East
Region
Pwalugu (U/E), March 16, Ghanadot/GNA - Tomato farmers in
the Upper East Region at the weekend bemoaned low prices
offered them by management of the Pwalugu Tomato Factory,
saying the situation was putting them into heavy losses.
At a meeting with Mr Ernest Debrah, Minister of Food and
Agriculture, the farmers said they were being paid between
GH¢5.7 and GH¢5.8 per crate of tomato supplied to the
Pwalugu factory, compared to GH¢20 they received from market
women.
Mr Ahmed Bogobire, spokesperson for the farmers, told the
Minister that they were unable to pay back loans they took
to support their farms due to the low prices offered them by
the Tomato factory.
He explained that Northern Stars Company, operators of the
factory, only provided them with seeds and that the farmers
funded the rest of their farming activities.
The meeting was part of a fact-finding mission of the
Minister, following reports of disagreement between the
farmers and management of the company, leading to suspension
of production at the factory.
GNA
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