Ghana: Maize sellers in Sissala are stranded, unable to find a market

Maize sellers in the Sissala area of the Upper West Region are crying for buyers of their produce weeks after harvest, with all known off-takers not in sight, forcing them to sell at lower-than-expected prices. This came to light when the Ghana News Agency (GNA) interviewed some maize sellers who have been unable to sell their stock whilst those in dire need are being forced to sell at prices below the standardized ones. Alhaji Maize Adinan Bajin, a maize dealer, said in December 2023, a bag of maize was sold at GH¢370.00, went down to GH¢365.00, later to GH¢320.00 and currently being sold at GH¢300.00. In the past, after Christmas, a lot of buyers went to the Sissala area to buy maize but the prevailing situation had been different as there were no buyers, leaving the space for only one company to buy at a reduced price. “We can’t get buyers and as farmers, we need to sell and clear our new fields, buy fertilizer and prepare our new fields, but we are at a standstill and ...