Tomato Crisis: Offinso North MP urges gov't to empower Akomadan Irrigation Scheme for year-round tomato production
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Dr. Fred Kyei Asamoah, Member of Parliament for Offinso North Constituency, has called on the government to accelerate the expansion of the Akomadan Irrigation…
Dr. Fred Kyei Asamoah, Member of Parliament for Offinso North Constituency, has called on the government to accelerate the expansion of the Akomadan Irrigation Scheme to support all-year-round tomato production in Ghana. Speaking to pressmen in Parliament, Dr. Asamoah highlighted the country's reliance on external tomato sources, citing the recent ban on tomato importation in Burkina Faso as a wake-up call. Ghana's tomato demand stands at 1,265,000 metric tonnes, while local production is only…