Some local grains made some significant price gains, with maize leading the pack. The commodity gained by one per cent to close the second week of March at GH¢4.90 per “olonka.”
Millet followed with a four per cent gain to close the week at GH¢5.30 per “olonka.”
Cowpea and Soyabean equally increased by two per cent each, closing the week at GH¢8 and GHc6.20 per “olonka” respectively.
Cassava (Gari) also gained nine per cent to close the week at GH¢ 5 per “olonka.”
Price declines
Price of tomatoes dropped significantly by 13 per cent and was being sold in the market at an average price of GH¢6.70 per “medium size tomato tin.”
The drop in tomato prices was followed by Cassava (fresh tubers) and Groundnut with five per cent drop each.
Both closed the week at GH¢6.30 and GH¢12.50 per “3-4 tubers” and ’olonka” respectively.
Yam (Pona) also followed with a two per cent drop to close the week at GH¢4.90 per “medium size tuber/”
Local rice also dropped by a percentage point to close the week at GH¢7.90 per “olonka.
Market variations
On the various markets, the price for an “olonka” of maize gained 14 per cent at Techiman to close the week at GH¢4 and dropped by 10 per cent in Accra to close the week at GH¢4.50.
It further dropped by four per cent in Kumasi to close the week at GH¢5, while in the other markets, the price remained the same.
A “medium size tomato tin” full of fresh tomatoes lost 30 per cent at Techiman to close the week at GH¢7 with Tamale losing 24 per cent to close at GH¢5.20 and also with Dambai losing 19 per cent to close the week at GH¢3.40.
Accra and Kumasi also lost nine per cent each to close the week at GH¢10.00 and GH¢7.30 respectively. In the other markets, the price remained the same.
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