Onion price up, yam down in TamaleOnion price up, yam down in Tamale

Tamale, Jan.24, GNA- Prices of onion in the Tamale Metropolis have increased sharply from the last week’s GH¢11 to GH¢20 this week while that of yam decreased from last week’s GH¢10 per three tubers to GH¢5 per the same size this week.Some other major commodities such as pepper, maize, beans and local rice have all had their prices decreased in the two main Aboabo and the Tamale Central markets where the GNA conducted a survey on Friday. For instance maize, which was sold last week at GH¢2.00 is now being sold at GH¢1.50, groundnut is being sold at GH¢6.00 instead of GH¢6.50 while local rice has also been reduced from GH¢6.00 to GH¢4.00 and the price of tomato remained stable.Units Measured in "Olonka" Commodities                           Current Prices                         Last week (Dec.) PricesMaize                                          GH ¢ 1.50                                 GH ¢ 2.00Tomatoes                                  GH ¢ 7.00                                 GH ¢ 7.00Millet sorghum                          GH ¢ 2.50                                GH ¢ 2.50Beans                                         GH ¢5.00                                 GH ¢ 8.00Yam                                             GH ¢ 5.00 (3-tubers)             GH ¢ 10.00Groundnut                                  GH ¢6.00                                 GH ¢6.50Wheat                                          GH ¢9.50                                 GH ¢9.50 Soya beans                                GH ¢3.50                                 GH ¢3.50 Onion                                          GH ¢20.00                               GH ¢11.00Pepper                                        GH ¢4.00                                 GH ¢ 4.50Local Rice                                  GH ¢4.00                                  GH ¢ 6.00Kontomere                                 GH¢ 1.00                                 GH¢ 1.00Foreign Rice                              GH ¢ 9.00                                GH ¢ 9.00GNA Read Full Story