The case of tomato in Ghana: Processing
Processing of highly perishable non-storable crops, such as tomato, is typically promoted for two reasons: as a way of absorbing excess supply, particularly during gluts that result from predominantly rainfed cultivation; and to enhance the value chain through a value-added process. For Ghana, impro...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2010
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| author | Robinson, Elizabeth J. Z. Kolavalli, Shashidhara |
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| description | Processing of highly perishable non-storable crops, such as tomato, is typically promoted for two reasons: as a way of absorbing excess supply, particularly during gluts that result from predominantly rainfed cultivation; and to enhance the value chain through a value-added process. For Ghana, improving domestic tomato processing would also reduce the country's dependence on imported tomato paste and so improve foreign exchange reserves, as well as provide employment opportunities and development opportunities in what are poor rural areas of the country. Many reports simply repeat the mantra that processing offers a way of buying up the glut. Yet the reality is that the "tomato gluts," an annual feature of the local press, occur only for a few weeks of the year, and are almost always a result of large volumes of rainfed local varieties unsuitable for processing entering the fresh market at the same time, not the improved varieties that could be used by the processors. For most of the year, the price of tomatoes suitable for processing is above the breakeven price for tomato processors, given the competition from imports. Improved varieties (such as Pectomech) that are suitable for processing are also preferred by consumers and achieve a premium price over the local varieties. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1549762025-11-06T05:14:40Z The case of tomato in Ghana: Processing Robinson, Elizabeth J. Z. Kolavalli, Shashidhara agriculture processing tomatoes rainfed farming value chains rural areas Processing of highly perishable non-storable crops, such as tomato, is typically promoted for two reasons: as a way of absorbing excess supply, particularly during gluts that result from predominantly rainfed cultivation; and to enhance the value chain through a value-added process. For Ghana, improving domestic tomato processing would also reduce the country's dependence on imported tomato paste and so improve foreign exchange reserves, as well as provide employment opportunities and development opportunities in what are poor rural areas of the country. Many reports simply repeat the mantra that processing offers a way of buying up the glut. Yet the reality is that the "tomato gluts," an annual feature of the local press, occur only for a few weeks of the year, and are almost always a result of large volumes of rainfed local varieties unsuitable for processing entering the fresh market at the same time, not the improved varieties that could be used by the processors. For most of the year, the price of tomatoes suitable for processing is above the breakeven price for tomato processors, given the competition from imports. Improved varieties (such as Pectomech) that are suitable for processing are also preferred by consumers and achieve a premium price over the local varieties. 2010 2024-10-01T14:05:17Z 2024-10-01T14:05:17Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154976 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Robinson, Elizabeth J. Z.; Kolavalli, Shashidhara. 2010. The case of tomato in Ghana: Processing. GSSP Working Paper 21. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154976 |
| spellingShingle | agriculture processing tomatoes rainfed farming value chains rural areas Robinson, Elizabeth J. Z. Kolavalli, Shashidhara The case of tomato in Ghana: Processing |
| title | The case of tomato in Ghana: Processing |
| title_full | The case of tomato in Ghana: Processing |
| title_fullStr | The case of tomato in Ghana: Processing |
| title_full_unstemmed | The case of tomato in Ghana: Processing |
| title_short | The case of tomato in Ghana: Processing |
| title_sort | case of tomato in ghana processing |
| topic | agriculture processing tomatoes rainfed farming value chains rural areas |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154976 |
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