{"id":1204215,"date":"2022-09-14T12:55:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T12:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/14\/theres-food-in-the-system-middlemen-causing-price-hikes-concerned-farmers-association\/"},"modified":"2022-09-14T12:55:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T12:55:03","slug":"theres-food-in-the-system-middlemen-causing-price-hikes-concerned-farmers-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/14\/theres-food-in-the-system-middlemen-causing-price-hikes-concerned-farmers-association\/","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s food in the system; middlemen causing price hikes – Concerned Farmers Association"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Concerned Farmers Association has dismissed assertions that there is food shortage in the system, saying there\u2019s rather adequate food in the system.<\/p>\n

According to the President of the Association, Nana Oboadie Opambour Bonsu II, middlemen along the agricultural value chain have inflated prices at urban centres, therefore causing a surge in food prices and consequently increasing food inflation.<\/p>\n

He however stated that the association is working with the Ghana Standards Authority to set standards to regulate pricing on the market.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Ghana, we do not have a standard price, everyone sells at the price they want. Hence, we\u2019re collaborating with farmer organisations like the Ghana National Association of Farmers and Fishermen and the Ghana Standards Authority to implement a scaling system so that all food items will be measured\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough, we\u2019re aware of the increase in fuel prices, the rate at which the market traders are selling the produce is shocking. However, we want to assure the general public that there\u2019s enough food in the system so they shouldn\u2019t panic\u201d, he stressed.<\/p>\n

Nana Bonsu II blamed loopholes along the agricultural value chain on bad road networks.<\/p>\n

According to him, the inability of farmers to transport goods from the farm gates to the markets has enabled middlemen to exploit consumers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only challenge we have is the transport system. There are some places where the road networks are bad, hence the delay in moving the produce from the farm gates to the markets,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Philip Acquah, a farmer, called on the government to fast-track processes in standardising scales on the markets.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is bumper harvest, so there\u2019s the need to convey the foodstuffs from the farms to the markets so the citizens can have access to it. The problem is pricing. At some places, they hike the prices which demotivates consumers from purchasing\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a great challenge. We want the Ghana Standards Authority to speed up the implementation of the scaling system,\u201d he lamented.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Nana Bonsu II highlighted that should government fulfill its promise of providing trucks to transport food from the farm gates to the markets, most of the challenges will be addressed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe heard that the Agric Ministry announced that there\u2019s going to be a truck system to help convey the foodstuff from the farm gates. We are so happy about this and we believe that if this is implemented in time, most of these challenges will be addressed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Concerned Farmers Association has dismissed assertions that there is food shortage in the system, saying there\u2019s rather adequate food in the system. According to the President of the Association, Nana Oboadie Opambour Bonsu II, middlemen along the agricultural value chain have inflated prices at urban centres, therefore causing a surge in food prices and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1204216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[661,6195,1453,2418,1552,6018,2420,169,1493],"class_list":["post-1204215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-association","tag-causing","tag-concerned","tag-farmers","tag-food","tag-hikes","tag-middlemen","tag-price","tag-system"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1204215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204215\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1204215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1204215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1204215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}