Watermelon rotting at Asesewa for lack of market

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Antiochus - London 11 years ago

This is the result of having an incompetent and visionless Govt.

This is the result of having an incompetent and visionless Govt.
lydia usa 11 years ago

oooh my GOd Ghana bad leaders

oooh my GOd Ghana bad leaders
kofi 11 years ago

The citrulline in watermelon (especially in the rind) is a known stimulator of nitric oxide. Nitric oxide is thought to relax and expand blood vessels, much like the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra, and may even increase lib ...
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The citrulline in watermelon (especially in the rind) is a known stimulator of nitric oxide. Nitric oxide is thought to relax and expand blood vessels, much like the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra, and may even increase libido.
Daavi 11 years ago

EXTRACT THE JUICE AND PACK LIKE PURE WATER AND SELL TO HOTELS AND INDIVIDUALS.

EXTRACT THE JUICE AND PACK LIKE PURE WATER AND SELL TO HOTELS AND INDIVIDUALS.
Swapna Guduru 11 years ago

Why the hell grow so much watermelon when the market is clearly not there? The ministry of agriculture has failed the small farmer, BIG TIME!

Why the hell grow so much watermelon when the market is clearly not there? The ministry of agriculture has failed the small farmer, BIG TIME!
CITIZEN ONE 11 years ago

Was about to question the significance of this article, and why blame government. If every village family with vast acreage of and suddenly decides to cultivate any crop whenever they wish, without a plan or distribution stra ...
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Was about to question the significance of this article, and why blame government. If every village family with vast acreage of and suddenly decides to cultivate any crop whenever they wish, without a plan or distribution strategies, why blame government.

It's like the State-of-Accra today. Every freaking villager from outside accra has migrated to the capital and turned it into a massive village of steel , technology, horse drawn carts, donkeys, cattle and foot paths traversing autobahns, and we expect government to provide free food, accommodation and even clothing, before we can appreciate the meaning of governance.

I hate the establshment, but I swear if there was one factor I could eliminate, it would be deginerate, the zombie invasion and squatter class. Demolish all open market places, and all the trotro and gypsie taxi activities will be eradicated.
DAN 11 years ago

all big citys around the world are same, they draw people looking for work even as whore! better for farmers to stay home and produce, And ship their products by truck or railroad

all big citys around the world are same, they draw people looking for work even as whore! better for farmers to stay home and produce, And ship their products by truck or railroad
DAN 11 years ago

if enough water for melons then should be plenty for great maize or soybean crops

if enough water for melons then should be plenty for great maize or soybean crops
DAN 11 years ago

where are they getting their watermelons from..also you should try cantalopes...where sister never seen them till i sent the seeds

where are they getting their watermelons from..also you should try cantalopes...where sister never seen them till i sent the seeds
GHFUO, RIP MAYA ANGELOU! 11 years ago

WATERMELON IN NORTH AMERICA DONT EVEN HVE SEEDS IN THEM. YET, BETTER FRUIT IS LEFT TO WASTE? IM SURE U CAN GO ONLINE N FIND WAYS TO ADD VALUE...

WATERMELON IN NORTH AMERICA DONT EVEN HVE SEEDS IN THEM. YET, BETTER FRUIT IS LEFT TO WASTE? IM SURE U CAN GO ONLINE N FIND WAYS TO ADD VALUE...

Nana 11 years ago

Everything govt? govt should buy and preserve or export. Antiochus if you really you are in London then open your eyes. Upon the many masters degrees in Ghana no Ghanaian is innovative enough to process melon than blaming the ...
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Everything govt? govt should buy and preserve or export. Antiochus if you really you are in London then open your eyes. Upon the many masters degrees in Ghana no Ghanaian is innovative enough to process melon than blaming the govt'.
Process apple"Apple source" is not done by an govt. This is an opportunity for bankrupt political commentators NDC
C.Stephen Sackey 11 years ago

Let's suppose I have this huge tract of land in wheat - state Kansas. I want to cultivate Kansas City Red Wheat because it's preferred by flour mills around the globe.
My business plan is that before ...
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Let's suppose I have this huge tract of land in wheat - state Kansas. I want to cultivate Kansas City Red Wheat because it's preferred by flour mills around the globe.
My business plan is that before the wheat season is even over I have to deliver ten million bushels of "wheat" on a forward contract- i.e to be delivered in the future- could be three months but dependent on wheat futures contracts.
I don't have a clue how much bushels of wheat I will harvest, but I know my cost of producing one (1) bushel of wheat.
To protect my bottom line I have to buy a put option contract- i.e to sell my wheat at a set price, on the CBOT.
If at the time of delivering my wheat on that forward contract I signed way before I started planting my " watermallon"- know where am going with this, don't you?- and the price has bottomed out, I have my put option contract I bought earlier- because it says I can sell my contract at that agreed amount- to mitigate the fall in the current price of my "watermellon"

Folks, one of the solutions, and there are myriads, to the problem of the watermellon farmers and all farmers is a vibrant commodities futures exchange.The government should set it up in haste, not due, with an excellent self-regultory regime and leave the rest to the producers, they will produce and the Government will not be blamed because it doesn't eat watewrmellons and thus a market for it. I may sound callous but folks a market economy doesn't take prisoners, it eats them alive for a competitive edge.
But, I suscribe to that creed because competition and the profit motive is the engine for economic growth. Just look where the BRICS- or the "fragile economies" are today and where they started. Ghana is on the treashold to burst out- elect good leaders with patriotism running through their veins - and soon enough "Ghana your beloved country is free."

God bless the republic.

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