{"id":369343,"date":"2017-11-08T06:00:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T06:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=369343"},"modified":"2017-11-08T06:00:11","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T06:00:11","slug":"left-to-die-ghanas-salt-companies-folding-up-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/left-to-die-ghanas-salt-companies-folding-up-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Left to die: Ghana&#8217;s salt companies folding up [Report]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana\u2019s salt industry has huge potential; unfortunately challenges such as importation of the product from countries such as South Africa and climate change, are fast crippling the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Salt production in Ghana was at its peak in 2007. But today the story is different as most local salt companies are about collapsing, and in some cases collapsed.<\/p>\n<p>In the second of our series dubbed \u201cLEFT TO DIE\u201d which looks at industries which previously were thriving but are now close to extinction and taken over by foreign players, we turn our focus on the salt industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click below to listen to full audio report<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/352516199&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Anita Arthur\/citibusinessnews.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana\u2019s salt industry has huge potential; unfortunately challenges such as importation of the product from countries such as South Africa and climate change, are fast crippling the industry. 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