Otokunor blames policy failures and import dependence for Ghana’s tomato shortage

The Director of Presidential Initiatives in Agriculture and Agribusiness, Dr Peter Boamah Otokunor, has linked Ghana’s ongoing tomato shortage to longstanding policy shortcomings and the country’s heavy dependence on imports, particularly from Burkina Faso.


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