Yam farmers grappling with excesses

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Neenyikow 10 years ago

export yams and cassava to Kenya

export yams and cassava to Kenya
Owusu 10 years ago

BRAVO FARMERS,GOV'T. SHOULD HELP THEM WITH THE SALES, BUYING FROM THE FARMERS AND SELLING THEM IN THE CITIES, LIKE WHAT FOOD DISTRIBUTION USED TO DO.

BRAVO FARMERS,GOV'T. SHOULD HELP THEM WITH THE SALES, BUYING FROM THE FARMERS AND SELLING THEM IN THE CITIES, LIKE WHAT FOOD DISTRIBUTION USED TO DO.
DAN 10 years ago

gov should never be involved..Gov just sold sugar at huge loss in usa because the Bought Millions of tons to keep prices high for farms (and high for consumers) Then had to dump sugar before the next season! Build a cannery ...
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gov should never be involved..Gov just sold sugar at huge loss in usa because the Bought Millions of tons to keep prices high for farms (and high for consumers) Then had to dump sugar before the next season! Build a cannery and you can eat the produce next year...50% of food on grocery shelves in usa is in CANS...where it can last 6-9 months...Always be on your shelf waiting till time you have no money or weather is too severe to go to store!
John Morgan-Denmark 10 years ago

You can cut the yam/yams in to pieces and use it as feed for livestock...contact the cattle farmers in the country and sell the yam to them instead of the yams rotting away

You can cut the yam/yams in to pieces and use it as feed for livestock...contact the cattle farmers in the country and sell the yam to them instead of the yams rotting away
Bla 10 years ago

Why are these yams not marketed more aggressively in Ghana? Get every school child to send koliko to school every day instead of these foreign, unhealthy salted chips etc. In any case why are farmers so keen on export only? M ...
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Why are these yams not marketed more aggressively in Ghana? Get every school child to send koliko to school every day instead of these foreign, unhealthy salted chips etc. In any case why are farmers so keen on export only? Maybe if the domestic prices are dropped more people will buy them and they do not have to rot away in heaps.
Ghanabiya 10 years ago

This article is not consistent in articulating the problems of these yam farmers. It started with the problem of lack of market for the product in the local markets.

It talks about export markets in Europe and the USA and ...
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This article is not consistent in articulating the problems of these yam farmers. It started with the problem of lack of market for the product in the local markets.

It talks about export markets in Europe and the USA and the sub-region. Why are the exporters not accessing these markets? Who sets the required standards for the product in Europe and the Americas?

It should be known that it is not Europeans or Americans who patronize this commodity. It is rather the African immigrants in these regions who are the patrons.

If they eat the product back in their home countries, why should they set standards for it when they are outside?

It is the exporters and the marketing division of the MOFA who are failing and are trying to escape blame. So they should sit up and do the right thing.

As for the research by CSIR, I cannot comment on that.
Nana Kwame 10 years ago

THIS IS GOOD NEWS. PLEASE, CONTACT MR. TONY PARKER DANSO - ghanaconsulate@sapo.cv - IN CAPE VERDE FOR THE EXPORTATION OF YAMS, MAIZE, FRUITS AND OTHER PRODUCTS IN EXCESS.

THIS IS GOOD NEWS. PLEASE, CONTACT MR. TONY PARKER DANSO - ghanaconsulate@sapo.cv - IN CAPE VERDE FOR THE EXPORTATION OF YAMS, MAIZE, FRUITS AND OTHER PRODUCTS IN EXCESS.
American 10 years ago

From the article:

"Most Ghanaian farmers are still stuck in the traditional way of cultivating yam, which makes their produce unfit to meet the international yam export specifications. This is due to the lack of technical ...
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From the article:

"Most Ghanaian farmers are still stuck in the traditional way of cultivating yam, which makes their produce unfit to meet the international yam export specifications. This is due to the lack of technical knowledge in the new ridging technology for cultivating exportable yam.

I am interested in this subject, but I admit that I have no knowledge about African yams, other than that they are dry starchy tubers. I've
never seen one in real life. Besides distribution and storage issues, what is it about the yams themselves that make them unfit for export?
DOGO 10 years ago

I totally disagree with the idea that these yams are unfit to eb exported. Sometimes these western countries come out with all kinds of rules and excuses to prevent our products from coming into their countries because they a ...
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I totally disagree with the idea that these yams are unfit to eb exported. Sometimes these western countries come out with all kinds of rules and excuses to prevent our products from coming into their countries because they are scared of endagered species. I don't see and don't understand the reasoning because In America, people fantasise with Organic foods and wanna talk about Organic foods and where it can be found in abundance it's those ones coming from African Farms. These produce are not genetically modified and they all take the natural course to mature and then cultivated and most times minimal fertilization hence their small sizes. So they are less contaminated so the idea that they don't meet international or western standards is a farce. When will these people leave us alone Koraaaaa!!!!
Kweku Darko 10 years ago

I totally agree with you, alternatively, the excesses could be turned into yam powder which can be'steamed' into fufu; also it could be cut into pieces, sun-dried and turned into powder- and it's 'amala'an equivalent of 'koko ...
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I totally agree with you, alternatively, the excesses could be turned into yam powder which can be'steamed' into fufu; also it could be cut into pieces, sun-dried and turned into powder- and it's 'amala'an equivalent of 'kokonte'
Kweku Darko 10 years ago

I just remembered,amala, was one of , and it goesmy favourite dishes when I was Nigeria and it goes with any soup/stew(gravy) with okra, as Africans, once we get used to diferrent cultures' dishes, export of foodstuffs to oth ...
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I just remembered,amala, was one of , and it goesmy favourite dishes when I was Nigeria and it goes with any soup/stew(gravy) with okra, as Africans, once we get used to diferrent cultures' dishes, export of foodstuffs to other African nations wouldn't be a problem; it's amatter of finding the right technology to do these things which will also; Iremember bumping into Chinese eating fufu and ab3nkwan and the other banku and okra soup,and I eating Chinese frid rice, you could imagine the glances from them!
Kweku Darko 10 years ago

I just remembered,amala, was one of my favourite dishes when I was Nigeria and it goes with any soup/stew(gravy) with okra, as Africans, once we get used to diferrent cultures' dishes, export of foodstuffs to other African na ...
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I just remembered,amala, was one of my favourite dishes when I was Nigeria and it goes with any soup/stew(gravy) with okra, as Africans, once we get used to diferrent cultures' dishes, export of foodstuffs to other African nations wouldn't be a problem; it's amatter of finding the right technology to do these things which will also; Iremember bumping into Chinese eating fufu and ab3nkwan and the other banku and okra soup,and I eating Chinese frid rice, you could imagine the glances from them!
GHFUO, change ur thinking 10 years ago

Most Ghanaian farmers are still stuck in the traditional way of cultivating yam, which makes their produce unfit to meet the international yam export specifications. This is due to the lack of technical knowledge in the new r ...
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Most Ghanaian farmers are still stuck in the traditional way of cultivating yam, which makes their produce unfit to meet the international yam export specifications. This is due to the lack of technical knowledge in the new ridging technology for cultivating exportable yam.

EDUCATE TEH FARMERS. EDUCATE THE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS/GRADS TO OFFER ASSISTANCE...
Sakura 10 years ago

Why not think about preservation? How are the government researches using funds allocated for agric research?

Why not think about preservation? How are the government researches using funds allocated for agric research?

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