The deputy Agriculture Minister, John Dumelo, has announced that in the coming weeks Ghanaians will see a drop in tomato prices.
According to John Dumelo, the development follows Ghanaian farmers who have started harvesting their tomatoes.
He further detailed that the Agric Minister is also actively preparing for large-scale dry season tomato farming from December to June next year.
The Deputy Agric Minister disclosed that the government has provided solar-powered boreholes as well as irrigation inputs to farmers to actively pursue dry season tomato farming.
In a post on X, John Dumelo stated, “The prices of tomatoes should see a sharp decline these coming weeks as Ghanaian farmers have started harvesting. We are also actively preparing for large-scale dry season tomato farming from December to June next year.
The lands have been cleared mostly in the Northern part of Ghana, and nursing and transplanting will start from October. We have provided solar-powered boreholes as well as irrigation inputs to farmers to actively pursue dry season tomato farming to augment the shortfalls next year”.
In related news, the Agric Minister, Eric Opoku, appearing before Parliament’s Committee on Assurances, promised Ghanaians that the country will experience a tomato glut in 3–4 months.
According to Eric Opoku, to prevent post-harvest losses, the government is putting in place an off-take system to guarantee a market for farmers, while engaging tomato processors to purchase the expected surplus.
He further disclosed that the government is also investing in solar-powered boreholes to support year-round irrigation, enabling farmers to increase production beyond the traditional growing season.
Eric Opoku stated, “We have put in place a lot of measures and within the next three to four months, the results will be there for everyone to see. This is another big assurance.
We are anticipating a glut of tomatoes in the coming months and are thinking about how we can get processors to off-take from our farmers. We are doing a lot of solar-powered boreholes across the country”.
The Agric Minister expressed confidence that the measures will strengthen domestic tomato production, improve market opportunities for farmers and gradually reduce Ghana’s dependence on imported tomatoes while supporting the country’s broader food security agenda.
Meanwhile, consumers are facing the opposite reality, with the price of tomatoes reportedly rising by as much as 158%. This is according to the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) August 2026 data.
According to the Ghana Statistical Service, during August 2026, Fresh tomato prices surged by 158.3% year-on-year, making the commodity the biggest price mover recorded.
Government Statistician, Dr Alhassan Iddrisu, presenting the August Consumer Price Index, said the significant increase in fresh tomato prices highlights the varying price experiences of consumers across different commodities.
“Fresh Tomatoes more than doubled in price (+158.3%) while Lime fell 33.7%: the overall Y-on-Y inflation of 5.0% hides very different experiences at the market”, he noted.
The GSS data show that fresh tomatoes recorded the highest year-on-year price increase among the commodities tracked in August.
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