Yam business in Ashaiman, Ghana faces imminent collapse

Yam business in the Ashaiman Municipality faces imminent collapse due to poor storage facilities resulting in the rotting of large quantities of the commodity, traders told the Ghana News Agency in an interview at Ashaiman. The Ashaiman Yam Sellers told the GNA that yam needed special preservation to keep it fresh and for it to last longer, unfortunately, the market lacked such facilities as they resort unconventional means of storage which affected the foodstuff. They called on the Ashaiman Municipal Assembly to build a modern yam market with facilities for the storage of yam and other foodstuffs. The traders noted that foodstuffs were perishable and needed to be stored under certain conditions to maintain their original quality. Madam Habiba Sherifa, who has been in the yam selling business for over 10 years at the Ashaiman market told the GNA the current trend of events in the yam market could spell doom for people involved in the business. She hinted that ...