Ghana's tomato market
Tomatoes are a key component in the diets of Ghanaian households. Approximately 440,000 tons of tomato are consumed annually, equivalent to 40 percent of household vegetable expenditure (Van Asselt et al. 2018). Despite government support for the sector, national production has not increased much in...
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| author | Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana International Food Policy Research Institute Amewu, Sena Arhin, Eunice Danso, Jane Doughan, Roland Ato Nafrah, Christiana Owusu, Ivy Pauw, Karl |
| author_browse | Amewu, Sena Arhin, Eunice Danso, Jane Doughan, Roland Ato International Food Policy Research Institute Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana Nafrah, Christiana Owusu, Ivy Pauw, Karl |
| author_facet | Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana International Food Policy Research Institute Amewu, Sena Arhin, Eunice Danso, Jane Doughan, Roland Ato Nafrah, Christiana Owusu, Ivy Pauw, Karl |
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| description | Tomatoes are a key component in the diets of Ghanaian households. Approximately 440,000 tons of tomato are consumed annually, equivalent to 40 percent of household vegetable expenditure (Van Asselt et al. 2018). Despite government support for the sector, national production has not increased much in the last decade, resulting in domestic supply falling far short of demand. While UN Comtrade (2019) trade statistics for 2007 to 2017 indicate that the country imported only around 8,000 tons of tomato annually, mainly from neighboring Burkina Faso, Van Asselt et al. (2018) put this figure at closer to 100,000 tons or one-quarter of domestic supply. Evidently, large quantities of tomato enter the country informally, making it difficult to estimate actual supply and demand patterns and devise appropriate marketing policies. The perishability of tomato is a major challenge and imparts significant risk on producers and traders. As such, post-harvest handling, transport, storage, and processing losses have been estimated at between 20 and 65 percent of production (Vowotor et al. 2012). |
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| spelling | CGSpace1437952025-11-06T07:41:27Z Ghana's tomato market Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana International Food Policy Research Institute Amewu, Sena Arhin, Eunice Danso, Jane Doughan, Roland Ato Nafrah, Christiana Owusu, Ivy Pauw, Karl food production domestic trade capacity development tomatoes markets trade food consumption food prices international trade Tomatoes are a key component in the diets of Ghanaian households. Approximately 440,000 tons of tomato are consumed annually, equivalent to 40 percent of household vegetable expenditure (Van Asselt et al. 2018). Despite government support for the sector, national production has not increased much in the last decade, resulting in domestic supply falling far short of demand. While UN Comtrade (2019) trade statistics for 2007 to 2017 indicate that the country imported only around 8,000 tons of tomato annually, mainly from neighboring Burkina Faso, Van Asselt et al. (2018) put this figure at closer to 100,000 tons or one-quarter of domestic supply. Evidently, large quantities of tomato enter the country informally, making it difficult to estimate actual supply and demand patterns and devise appropriate marketing policies. The perishability of tomato is a major challenge and imparts significant risk on producers and traders. As such, post-harvest handling, transport, storage, and processing losses have been estimated at between 20 and 65 percent of production (Vowotor et al. 2012). 2020-03-01 2024-05-22T12:16:55Z 2024-05-22T12:16:55Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143795 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133698 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133697 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133696 https://doi.org/10.2499/1032568216 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133661 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133201 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2020. Ghana's tomato market. MoFA-IFPRI Market Brief 3. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133694. |
| spellingShingle | food production domestic trade capacity development tomatoes markets trade food consumption food prices international trade Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana International Food Policy Research Institute Amewu, Sena Arhin, Eunice Danso, Jane Doughan, Roland Ato Nafrah, Christiana Owusu, Ivy Pauw, Karl Ghana's tomato market |
| title | Ghana's tomato market |
| title_full | Ghana's tomato market |
| title_fullStr | Ghana's tomato market |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ghana's tomato market |
| title_short | Ghana's tomato market |
| title_sort | ghana s tomato market |
| topic | food production domestic trade capacity development tomatoes markets trade food consumption food prices international trade |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143795 |
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