Tomatoes they could be done as red gold but soil is ideal and theyve been cultivated in the country for decades yet ghanas tomato factories now stand empty and farmers are opting to leave the country. The reason is that tomatoes have become gambling chips in global trade policy as have other products africa is a lucrative market shipments of canned tomatoes milk powder and frozen chicken from industrialized nations promise huge profits. Global trade policies are destroying domestic markets and forcing people to leave that country is edward for one no longer harvests tomatoes in ghana but in italy hauling conditioners. Gonna build up its tomato industry after gaining independence in 1957 the country was keen to develop its economy and utilize its own Natural Resources today all of ghanas tomato processing plants have shut down including this one in poilu group there are many reasons unstable power grid unsuitable tomato varieties under global trade policy italy china and other countries