{"id":2769,"date":"2019-05-28T07:21:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T07:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=2769"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:19","slug":"ghana-bans-chilli-pepper-exports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/05\/28\/ghana-bans-chilli-pepper-exports\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Bans Chilli Pepper Exports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>By bbc.com<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The authorities in Ghana have banned the export of some\nvegetables, including chilli peppers and aubergines, over fears they are\ncontaminated with pests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Ghana\u2019s Ministry of Food and Agriculture, the ban\nwill take effect next week and will last indefinitely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ban comes in the wake of a European Union (EU) directive to\nall countries to provide a report on the management of harmful bacteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Vegetable Producers and Exporters Association of Ghana has\nasked the government to postpone the ban, arguing it will affect the businesses\nof about 4,000 farmers\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jivenaija.com\/people-places\/in-the-news\/ghana-bans-chilli-pepper-exports\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By bbc.com The authorities in Ghana have banned the export of some vegetables, including chilli peppers and aubergines, over fears they are contaminated with pests. According to Ghana\u2019s Ministry of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}