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Comprehensive storage strategy needed to address post-harvest losses, inflation – CSIR


Comprehensive storage strategy needed to address post-harvest losses, inflation – CSIR

May 19, 2022 at 8:33 AM

As food inflation in the country continues to rise, further pushing national inflation to unprecedented levels, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is urging government to invest in a comprehensive storage strategy to deal with post-harvest losses in the country.

This the CSIR believes will eventually make food available all-year round which will keep prices and food inflation under control.

While the national inflation rate stands at 23.6 per cent for the month of April, it is important to note that food inflation according to data from the Ghana Statistical Service accounts for 50 per cent of that the national rate.

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