Ghana: Tema traders blame the weather for high yam prices

Traders at the Tema Community One market has blamed the surge in prices of yam on changes in weather patterns. Yam prices have sharply increased in Tema Community One Market, with small tubers now selling between GHs25 and GHs40, while medium-sized yams are priced between GHs60 and GHs80. According to the traders and sellers, the price increase was primarily due to changing weather patterns that have affected the harvest, leading to a scarcity of yam on the market. They said the insufficient rainfall during the farming season had resulted in poor harvests, leaving markets with fewer yams than expected. Mrs. Grace Appiah, a yam trader, noted that the shortage of yams was largely due to insufficient rainfall. She said that if the rains had been more consistent, there would be a higher supply of yams. “There would have been an abundance of yam if it had rained properly. It is because of the poor rains that we do not have enough yam. I believe in the coming months we will have yam in ...