Investments underway to boost tomato production despite export concerns – Gov’t

Director of the Presidential Initiatives in Agriculture and Agri-business, Dr Peter Otokunor, has indicated that Ghana has already begun taking concrete steps to strengthen local tomato production, even before recent developments affecting regional supply.


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