John Dumelo Buys Tomatoes For Caterers in Ayawaso West Wuogun Constituency
Ghanaian MP John Dumelo has purchased excess tomatoes from farmers in the Volta Region to support school feeding programs in his constituency. He also announced plans to build a processing factory to mitigate future post-harvest losses.
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This initiative addresses the recurring problem of food waste and market access for smallholder farmers in Ghana through direct political intervention.
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John Dumelo has turned a farming crisis into a constituency initiative, travelling to Anloga in the Volta Region to personally buy tomatoes from farmers who raised the alarm over a severe produce glut.
John Dumelo supplies Ayawaso West Wuogun School Feeding caterers with tomatoes. Photo credit: @johndumelo. Source: Instagram John Dumelo buys tomoatoes from Volta Region The Ayawaso West Wuogon MP shared the visit on Facebook on September 20, 2026, explaining how he had made the trip after farmers reached out to him about being overwhelmed by excess stock they could not shift.
Rather than watch the situation deteriorate, Dumelo stepped in as a buyer, directing the tomatoes to the caterers running his constituency's school feeding programme.
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