{"id":146970,"date":"2015-08-28T06:00:58","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T06:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=146970"},"modified":"2015-08-28T06:10:44","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T06:10:44","slug":"some-food-stuffs-go-down-marginally-in-final-week-of-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/some-food-stuffs-go-down-marginally-in-final-week-of-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Some food stuffs go down marginally in final week of August"},"content":{"rendered":"
Some prices of food stuffs across the various markets in the country went down marginally.<\/p>\n
Commodities like maize and soya beans lost 2 percent while imported rice lost a percentage point, according to a nationwide monitoring by Esoko Ghana limited.<\/p>\n
In Takoradi, maize lost 9 percent to close at GHS 5.20 with Techiman also losing 13 percent to close the week at GHS 3.50.<\/p>\n
However, an olunka of maize cost GHS 5.50 in Kumasi representing a gain of 5 percent.<\/p>\n
Tomatoes also saw the highest gain of 16 percent this week, with the \u201cmedium size tomato tin,\u201d selling at GHS 7.60 per.<\/p>\n
It gained 39 percentage increase in Takoradi and 34 percent in Accra, selling at GHS 9.40.<\/p>\n