Government Announces New Cashew Minimum Buying Price for 2023 Season in Techiman, Pegs 1kilogram at GH₵8.50. 

Honourable William Agyapong Quaitoo the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Tree Crops Development Authority of Ghana has reiterated the President Akuffo-Addo-led New Patriotic Party (NPP) Government's commitment to making farming, especially the cultivation of Cash Crops more lucrative to attract the teeming unemployed youth into agribusiness.

The Tree Crops Development Authority CEO has also advised farmers to always upgrade themselves with modern technologies by seeking the services of Agric Extension Officers to be able to harvest more yields to make more wealth for themselves and also fetch Ghana more foreign revenue.

Honourable William Quaitoo gave this advice in Techiman, the Bono East Regional capital on Thursday 15th December 2022 when the Government through the Ministry of Food and Agriculture announced a new minimum cashew buying price for the 2022/2023 Crop Season.

Addressing the gathering, Honourable Benjamin Yaw Gyarko the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) Officer for Techiman who represented the Bono East Regional Minister pleaded with Central Government to support Assemblies in the various cashew growing districts to improve their road network systems for the farmers which in turn will yield much production.

Honourable Yaw Frimpong Addo the Member of Parliament for Manso Adubia Constituency who doubles as the Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture in charge of Crops announced the new minimum cashew buying price for the 2023 season he said, the government has increased the price to GH₵8.50 for 1kilogrom from the previous GH₵5 price.

Meanwhile, for the first time, the farmers and buyers unanimously accepted and welcomed the new cashew price and pledged to abide by it to achieve the growth of cashew production in the country.

Mr Clement Anane the National Secretary of the Cashew Farmers Association and Mr Kwabena Owusu the National Organizer of the Cashew Traders and Exporters Association of Ghana commended the government for providing the minimum unit price for cashew and said this will enable farmers to work hard to expand the production of cashew in Ghana.

Story by Opamago Paparichy.