Maize sellers in the Sissala area of the Upper West Region are crying for buyers of their produce weeks after harvest, with all known off-takers not in sight, forcing them to sell at lower-than-expected prices.

This came to light when the Ghana News Agency (GNA) interviewed some maize sellers who have been unable to sell their stock whilst those in dire need are being forced to sell at prices below the standardized ones.

He said he currently has 5,000 mini bags of maize that he had not been able to sell and called on the Government to intervene by regulating the price as they feared reducing their farm sizes next season if there was no support.A woman maize farmer said: “I had to carry my two Maize bags to the WARC shop, a maize aggregation company, to sell but I was told I would receive my money the following day since the company`s mode of payment was mobile money and that had to be done next day”.

Mr Nabong Ayie, a farmer, said: “I have tried selling 2000 bags for the past two weeks and nobody is calling to buy, I need money badly to do other things and now I have to wait until a buyer calls”.Mr John Dimah, a former National Best Maize Farmer, bemoaned the absence of buyers, saying:,”This year we are stranded, I still have some 15,000 mini bags of maize unsold hoping to get a buyer”.

The WARC is the only company currently buying maize in the Sissala area where the price of maize has dropped from GH¢370.00 in December last year to Ghc300.00 per 100kg bag currently.

Source: Adom FM