A bag of fair maize which was sold at GHS500 has been bigger to GHS600
The charge of maize has shot up in the markets of Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital.
A inhibit at approximately advertise areas in the city, plus the Racecourse market, and Bantama promote in the midst of others proverb a riot in the worth of the commodity.
A bag of golden maize which was sold at GHS500 has been enlarged to GHS600 at the same time as the pasty maize has risen from GHS450 to GHS550.
A rubber of the golden maize has gained from GHS50 to GHS60 at the same time as the sallow maize has soared from GHS45 to GHS55.
"The charge increases every week," a buyer told lecture News' regional correspondent, Elisha Adarkwah, tally that, "sometimes, in a day, the set a price you will obtain in the morning, you won't follow it at the unchanged set a price in the afternoon."
"Looking at the situation, we're anticipating the fee will get up to GHS700 for each bag in the emergence days," a broker at the Racecourse sell said.
The traders attributed the intensification in the penalty of the commodity to its deficiency on the market, the rate of transporting it, and the exalted assess of chemicals the farmers bring into play to cultivate.
The authority freshly banned the exportation of maize and soybean to enhance rations safety measures and make certain in attendance is an augment in pullet and pigs production.