{"id":1547,"date":"2023-08-11T18:49:39","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T18:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/?p=1547"},"modified":"2023-08-11T21:49:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T21:49:41","slug":"onions-scarcity-and-price-hike-to-hit-the-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/2023\/08\/11\/onions-scarcity-and-price-hike-to-hit-the-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Onions scarcity and price hike to hit the market."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Onion is an important ingredient used in preparing almost every meal. This alone makes the commodity a great asset in the market.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gistme.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_6247-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1552 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 433px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 433\/243;width:433px;height:243px\" width=\"433\" height=\"243\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ghana spent $36 million to import onions in 2022. Surprisingly, we import common onion that we can grow locally in an already fertile soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The price of onions is expected to be increased due to Niger war. Countries like Togo and Niger who supply Ghana onions are unable to cross the border due to the coup happening in Niger that has resulted to loss of lives, placed the country in disarray.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Onion is an important ingredient used in preparing almost every meal. This alone makes the commodity a great asset in the market.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana spent $36 million to import onions in 2022. Surprisingly, we can\u2019t import common onion that we can grow at a large quantity in an already fertile soil.<\/p>\n<p>The price of onions is expected to be increased due to Niger war. Countries like Togo and Niger who supply Ghana onions are unable to cross the border due to the coup happening in Niger that has resulted to loss of lives, placed the country in disarray.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1547"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1557,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547\/revisions\/1557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}