{"id":187263,"date":"2016-02-05T10:44:37","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T10:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=187263"},"modified":"2016-02-05T10:44:37","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T10:44:37","slug":"price-of-tomato-declines-for-third-consecutive-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/price-of-tomato-declines-for-third-consecutive-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Price of tomato declines for third consecutive time"},"content":{"rendered":"
The price of tomato reduced again this week, the third in a row.<\/p>\n
The price dropped by twelve percent to close the week at 7 cedis 70 pesewas per medium size tomato tin.<\/p>\n
Prices of cowpea, groundnut and maize followed with a percentage drop each.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”3FP3I7rQd4bL4HwwwK4TowOxOOzqp5MC”]This is the third time that the price of tomato has declined from about 15 percent since the third week in January.<\/p>\n
However, checks by Esoko Ghana show that wheat gained 15 percent in price to close the week at 10 cedis 80 pesewas per medium sized tin.<\/p>\n
Cassava, Yam, rice and millet also recorded gains in the prices for the first week in February.<\/p>\n
On the various markets, a \u201cmedium size tomato tin\u201d full of tomatoes lost 33 percent in Kumasi to close the week at 5 cedis 80 pesewas; in Techiman, it dropped by 21 percent to close the week at 7 cedis 90 pesewas.<\/p>\n
Also, Tamale and Takoradi recorded 20 and 4 percent drop to sell at 7 cedis 20 pesewas and 10 cedis 80 pesewas respectively.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a medium size tin of maize gained by 4 percent in Bawku to close the week at 3 cedis and dropped by 8 percent in Kumasi to close the week at 4 cedis70 pesewas.<\/p>\n
The prices however remained same in the other markets.<\/p>\n
Check blow for more:<\/p>\n
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Credit: Esoko Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The price of tomato reduced again this week, the third in a row. The price dropped by twelve percent to close the week at 7 cedis 70 pesewas per medium size tomato tin. Prices of cowpea, groundnut and maize followed with a percentage drop each. [contextly_sidebar id=”3FP3I7rQd4bL4HwwwK4TowOxOOzqp5MC”]This is the third time that the price of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,171,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n