Business News of Wednesday, 20 March 2019Source: Myjoyonline.comGhana to end tomato imports, cut rice imports by 50% in 2019Ghana imported about 75 thousand metric tons of tomatoes in 2017Ministry of Food and Agriculture says it is looking to cut down imports of rice by 50 per cent as well as end the importation of tomato this year. Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, George Oduro said the government is working to cut the levels of food import significantly. He said “this year alone, our target it to stop the importation of rice by 50 per cent. Records from the Ministry shows that in 2017, Ghana imported some 656.232 Metric Tons of rice worth $331.2 million. In the same period, some 75 thousand metric tons of tomatoes was also imported to meet domestic demand as the situation the Ministry describes as worrying.

Source: GhanaWeb March 20, 2019 09:45 UTC