{"id":205150,"date":"2016-04-08T06:30:25","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T06:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=205150"},"modified":"2016-04-08T06:30:25","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T06:30:25","slug":"tomato-prices-shoot-second-week-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/04\/tomato-prices-shoot-second-week-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomato prices shoot up in second week of April"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the second week in April, tomato recorded the highest gain in price.<\/p>\n

It is now selling at 7 cedis 20 pesewas per medium size tin.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”FkojvZqQU4dCsoQeoYbvQkDIqd1couwB”]Yam followed with a 5 percent gain in price to close the week at 5 cedis 60 pesewas per medium size tuber.<\/p>\n

Checks by Esoko Ghana also indicated that imported rice and millet gained 3 percent each to sell at 28 cedis 40 pesewas and 5 cedis 50 pesewas for a 5 kilogram bag and medium size tin respectively.<\/p>\n

Fresh tubers of cassava however dropped 4 percent in price to close the week at 6 cedis 40 pesewas for three to four tubers.<\/p>\n

According to Esoko Ghana, a medium size tin of fresh tomatoes gained 17 percent in Takoradi to close the week at 12 cedis.<\/p>\n

At Techiman, the commodity gained 14 percent and it is selling at 4 cedis.<\/p>\n

The price of tomato also increased on the Kumasi and Tamale markets. It gained 4 and 2 percent to close the week at 5 cedis 40 pesewas and 3 cedis 10 pesewas respectively.<\/p>\n

In the other markets, the price remained the same.<\/p>\n

Esoko further stated that the price for a medium tin of maize increased on the various markets.<\/p>\n

In Accra, it increased by 3 percent to close the week at 5 cedis and also gained by 4 percent in Kumasi to close the week at 5 cedis 40 pesewas.<\/p>\n

While on the other markets, the price remained the same.<\/p>\n

\"esoko<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Credit: Esoko Ghana Commodity Index<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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