The Minister of Trade and Industry, Ekow Spio-Garbrah, says the criticisms\u00a0he received from parliamentarians for placing a temporary band on\u00a0the exportation of cashew nuts in the country, was triggered by pressure from the constituents in the areas the product is cultivated.<\/p>\n
He said he suspects that cashew farmers from the 29 constituencies in the Brong Ahafo Region were those who led the\u00a0crusade against the ban, spearheaded by their MPs.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”LncIU4BDtBhRd3dXtnCDAfUUcGHJaOJO”]\u201cI think Parliamentarians were instigated by the farmers and the growers who would naturally call their MPs and say that they\u2019ve had an arrangement with the buyer\u2026 It turns out that many of the growers have either taken money from the buyers who had given them credit to expand their farms or to buy various inputs in a bid to sell their cashews to them.”<\/p>\n
\u201c…So with those arrangements being made, to disconnect from that person who was giving you credit and feed the local industry was quite a discomfort. But those are the private arrangements that some of the cashew farmers make,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n