date:Oct 17, 2013
Ghanas pineapple production and exports have slumped to the lowest in nine years, throwing more than 500,000 people, mostly farmers, out of a job. Not only has the situation denied the country the millions of dollars it used to receive in foreign exchange, the economy has lost some fruit processing companies, with the surviving ones struggling to get raw materials to process.
Processing companies such as Blue Skies, HPW, Peelco and Pinora have had to import more than half of their raw materials