Produce price differences at farm gate and store shelf 'explained'

Following the Namibian Agricultural Council's announcement of various vegetable prices for September this year, eyebrows were raised by die sometimes exceptionally large discrepancies between the prices paid at the farm gate and those paid by the consumer in Windhoek. In some instances, the difference is up to three times, or 300 percent, more. The Namibian Agronomic Council's Horticulture Market Development Manager, Emilie Abraham explains to In the Newsroom why the large price difference...