Cashew farmers appeal to government to establish buying agency

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• GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 10 years ago

  they were at the mercy of buyers who sometimes dictated the price of the commodity to as low as GH¢0.50 (fifty Pesewas) per kilo instead of the usual GH¢1.00.
  
  IN THIS DAY OF INTERNET, U CANT FIND BUYERS OUTSIDE GH OR OUT ...
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  they were at the mercy of buyers who sometimes dictated the price of the commodity to as low as GH¢0.50 (fifty Pesewas) per kilo instead of the usual GH¢1.00.
  
  IN THIS DAY OF INTERNET, U CANT FIND BUYERS OUTSIDE GH OR OUTSIDE AFRICA?

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• Kwabena Gyam 10 years ago

  I hope this hard working farmers will be given maximum support. The crop has good export market and it is a good food for our own people. In US it sells for a higher price than peanut (groundnuts).

  I hope this hard working farmers will be given maximum support. The crop has good export market and it is a good food for our own people. In US it sells for a higher price than peanut (groundnuts).

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• Dee 10 years ago

  I can fully empathise with these people. The have scrupulous Indians, who bring their own employees to Ghana to buy directly from peasant farmers. These are normally ruthless people.

  I can fully empathise with these people. The have scrupulous Indians, who bring their own employees to Ghana to buy directly from peasant farmers. These are normally ruthless people.

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• FREEMAN 10 years ago

  What kind of journalism is this?
  
  You write about "The Regional Minister", "the Regional Co-ordinating Director and Chief Director at the Regional Co-ordinating Council and the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP" yet you ...
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  What kind of journalism is this?
  
  You write about "The Regional Minister", "the Regional Co-ordinating Director and Chief Director at the Regional Co-ordinating Council and the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP" yet you made no mention of WHICH REGION it is.
  
  This is desultory, unpardonable rubbish and shameful, that does not need to be pasted for the world to read.

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• DAN 10 years ago

  Cashews are very expensive nut compare to peanuts(ground nuts)..Stores can charge $1 for very small bag or $6-7 for 1 pound tin of roasted/salted nuts

  Cashews are very expensive nut compare to peanuts(ground nuts)..Stores can charge $1 for very small bag or $6-7 for 1 pound tin of roasted/salted nuts

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