The various Parliamentary Candidates (PCs) contesting the Election 2024 in the Jaman North Constituency of the Bono Region have affirmed their commitment to improving the price of cashew if they win the parliamentary seat on December 7.

The PCs gave the commitment when they took turns to highlight their visions for the electorates at a parliamentary debate organised by the Jaman North District Director of the NCCE at Sampa, a cashew producing town in the constituency.

They include Frederick Yaw Ahenkwah, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) PC, also the incumbent MP for the area, Mr Martin Kwame Antwi, an Independent Candidate for the New Force Movement.

Mr Enoch Nyarko, PC for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was absent at the debate which provided an opportunity for the PC to interact and share their visions with the constituents.

According to Mr Ahenkwah, the NDC PC, a regulation was required to set a standard price for cashew, and asked the Tree Crop Development Authority (TCDA) to push for such regulation.

He noted that the nation's cashew revenue was gradually surpassing that of cocoa, underscoring the need for that regulation for the benefit of farmers.

Mr Ahenkwah said the next NDC government had plans to establish a Cashew Marketing Board to enhance the growth and development of the cashew sector for the nation to derive optimum benefit.

In his view, Mr Antwi, the Independent PC noted that improved prices of cashew would well position farmers to plant more and improve productivity, and also attract many of the employed youth to engage cashew farming as a business.
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