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Tuobodom tomato farmers unhappy with middlemen
Tuobodom (B/A), July 16, GNA - Tomato farmers at Tuobodom in
the Techiman municipality have appealed to the Ministry of
Food and Agriculture to intervene and save them from
cheating middlemen and women.
Mr Baffour Afrifa, Chairman of Tuobodom Tomato Farmers
Association, who made the appeal, said the middlemen and
women had now "increased the sizes of their boxes" to cheat
the farmers.
Speaking at a general meeting of the association at Tuobodom
on how to confront the situation, Mr. Afrifa said the
middlemen also failed to pay the farmers for the produce
they bought.
Mr Seth Adjei Fosu, Techiman municipal best farmer, urged
the farmers to follow good agricultural farming methods and
seek advice from agricultural extension officers.
He said the government would soon complete the Techiman
tomato factory to serve as ready market for the produce.
The chairman appealed to the farmers to cultivate new
varieties of tomato including mangel, xina and titao, which
are resistant to diseases.
GNA
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