Business News of Friday, 31 January 2020Source: ghananewsagency.orgAsante Akyem South farmers trained in fruit juice extraction and preservationFile photoThirty-two fruit farmers in the Asante-Akim South Municipality, have benefitted from a training programme to extract natural fruit juices, as part of efforts to address post-harvest losses in the Municipality. Participants made up of 17 females and 15 males, were taught how to produce fruit juice, marmalade and jam with pineapple, watermelon and oranges. They were also trained on good branding - how to package and label their products to make them attractive and marketable. She said some orange farmers out of frustration had resorted to cutting their orange trees to pave way for the cultivation of other crops due to lack of market and low prices. He said his outfit would continue to explore innovative ways to make activities of farmers economically viable and urged farmers in the Municipality to work with the department to improve on their income.

Source: GhanaWeb January 31, 2020 01:18 UTC