Tag: Esoko
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1 village, 1 dam projects on course to meet timelines – Agric Ministry
Minister of State at the Ministry of Agriculture, Dr. Nurah Gyeile says it will be difficult to announce a completion date for the government’s one village one dam policy. He explains that this is due to the different dates the contracts were awarded and some technical issues faced in certain areas. So far, 88 of…
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Tomato records highest increase in price for May – Esoko
A survey of market prices of some selected commodities has shown that the price of cooking tomatoes recorded the highest increase in May 2020. The average price of a 72 kilogram crate of the commodity went up by almost 13% to record 933 cedis; from the 826 cedis it recorded the month before. According to…
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Food prices to keep rising due to impact of COVID-19 – Esoko
Commodity price survey service company, Esoko, is predicting that the prices of food items will continue to rise in the coming weeks due to the impact of COVID-19 on supply and production of some commodities. This is premised on the fact that for the post lock down period, two of the major staple foodstuff, cassava…
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Esoko urges gov’t to consider value addition aside from constructing warehouses
Agricultural profiling and messaging service provider, Esoko Ghana, wants government to be proactive with value addition to agricultural produce beyond the warehousing policy to boost production. As part of measures to achieve food security, the government is set to construct one warehouse in each district to help store excess agricultural produce. This is to augment…
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Food prices have reduced; but we must stabilize it – Esoko
Esoko Ghana, a provider of digital solutions and services for agriculture and data collection, has charged government to do more to stabilize the prices of food and other commodities on the market by boosting production. The comment follows President Akufo-Addo’s remark that the Planting for Food and Jobs policy has helped to reduce the prices…
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Esoko data shows 3.9% drop in food prices in third quarter
Commodity Analyst Esoko Ghana says the prices of foodstuff on the market have declined by 3.9 percent for the third quarter of the year. Esoko says the decline is not surprising especially as the period is the harvesting season. With the 10 percent increase in transport fares, one would thought prices of foodstuff will also…
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Food prices to surge over increase in transportation — Esoko
Prices of foodstuff are likely to go up between two and five percent in the next couple of weeks. This is according to Commodity analyst, Esoko Ghana. According to Esoko, the increase in prices of foodstuff can be attributed heavily to the 10 percent increase in transport fares. The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU)…
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Foodstuff prices to stay high despite drop in fuel prices – Esoko
Esoko Ghana has dispelled any possibility of a drop in food prices following the reduction in the prices of petroleum products. Prices of petroleum products were reduced in the second week in June with a second prediction of a two percent drop. Prior to this, statistics released by Esoko showed that prices went up as much…
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Foodstuff prices go up by 7% in May – Esoko
Prices of foodstuff have gone up by at least seven percent between April and May 2018. Statistics released by Esoko Ghana shows that prices went up as much as 7 cedis for some foodstuff on the market. A variety of factors have been attributed to the rise in the prices of food items. These include…