SEC targets capital market-farmer linkage through commodity exchange  

SEC targets capital market-farmer linkage through commodity exchange  

Kingsley Webora TANKEH
Published September 28, 20263 min read

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has called for the capital market to extend beyond stocks and bonds into agriculture, citing the Ghana Commodity Exchange as a vehicle to give farmers access to transparent markets, warehouse receipts and financing.

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