Ghana: Focus on storage facilities and transportation infrastructure to check high post-harvest losses

Insufficient investment in cold storage facilities and transportation infrastructure must be tackled head on to combat post-harvest losses. Every year, Ghana loses some US$600million in overall post-harvest losses, according to the Chamber of Agribusiness Ghana (CAG). It is in view of this that the CAG has tasked stakeholders, including government, to adequately prepare for the incoming tomato bumper season in order to reduce age-old inevitable post-harvest losses. CAG explained that the upcoming tomato bumper season will span late December through April and May 2025. The seeming lack of priority for the above has largely accounted for reliance on imports from countries like Burkina Faso and Morocco. Mr. Anthony Selorm Morrison, CEO-CAG, blames the problem on neglected rural infrastructure, inadequate cold chain and storage facilities and limited support for research. Government has not prioritised the development of essential infrastructure in rural areas, as poor road networks ...