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 Posted - 03 Feb 2007 : 17:18:23
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GROUNDNUT TRADE IN LIMBO
By Yaya Dampha
The groundnut trade season is in limbo as farmers throughout the country complained of lack of buying centers.
When Foroyaa got the information, this reporter went round the country to interview farmers. It was discovered that the buying centres are not functional this year.
According to farmers in the Lower River Region, they were told that they should take their nuts to the Tendaba GGC depot for sale. When this reporter visited Tendaba, he was told that there is cash with the depot managers throughout the country, but they were told not buy below five tons of groundnut.
In some parts of the CRR the farmers interviewed said they are not able to sell their nuts because the only buying center is in Kudang Tenda and Kuntaur depot which are far from their places. A farmer said he has only three tons for sale, but he could not sell it because it is below the recommended five tons that the depots are accepting.
Many farmers said they have to combine their nuts in order to have the recommended five tons quantity for sale.
In U.R.R, the farmers are faced with the same problems but the situation there is better than all the other places, because the farmers in U.R.R have an association and private buyers go to villages to buy nuts. However they registered their disappointment over the government’s failure to buy their nuts.
In the N.B.R the only buying centre is Barra. The farmers complained that the buying centre in Barra is not strategically located, as it is far from their villages. The farmers there said they have resorted to selling their nuts in the weekly markets (lumos).
Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No. 013/2007, 2-4 February, 2007
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