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preparation, and be forced to buy a manufactured product. I soon discovered the bouillon cubes were not the main competition to traditional dawadawa but dawadawa produced with soybeans. I began recording the cost of soybeans and zuini (P. biglobosa seeds) in January 2001. Zuini were most abundant and cheapest in April and May when the fruits were ripe. Most products like rice, groundnuts, shea nuts are sold by the bowl. Each product has a corresponding bowl size. For the zuini and soybeans, the bowl measures approximately 2 quarts. An adept market woman can increase the amount of seeds by her expertise of filling and piling the seeds. By encircling and cupping the rim of the bowl using her arm, she can get more seeds than a less accomplished buyer. In Kandiga market the cost and supply of zuini fluctuated throughout the year (Figure 29). In September, October, and November, the height of farming season, I was not able to find zuini available at market. In April and May, most women in Kandiga sell Ghanian cedis 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 Cost of Soybeans vs Zuini in Kandiga Market (price per bowl) J F M A M J J A S O N D 2001 Figure 29 - Cost of Soybean and Zuini for 2001 84 SOYBEANS ZUINI
the zuini when the market is brimming over with P.biglobosa products. The prices may be low, but converting the products to cash immediately helps the local women survive the remainder of the dry season. Through my interviews, I found two related reasons affecting the local supply of zuini. Zuini is a cash commodity, and trade depends upon demand in northern Ghana. Firewood is rarely collected during the farming season and traditional dawadawa is not prepared in Kandiga during this time. Traders with cash assets from the larger towns of Bolgatanga and Navrongo buy up groundnuts, zuini, and other grains and store them for sale later in the year when prices have increased. Zuini are traded in this same way. Women traders buy up the low-cost zuini from local village markets and can either store the seeds or sell them immediately. I could buy zuini sold by traders in Bolgatanga and Navrongo market year round. However, it was not always available at Kandiga market. The women traders who store the seeds will bring zuini to Kandiga market after several months and sell it at a higher price. A measuring bowl of zuini bought in April for 3500 cedis (US $0.50) would sell for 5000 cedis ($0.71) in December, a profit of 1500 cedis ($ 0.21). A trader could bring the zuini to Tamale and sell the seeds to the Royco manufacturer, a subsidiary of Unilever Brothers. Tamale lies approximately 170 km southeast from Kandiga and is the regional capital of the Northern region. The Northern region also has many P. biglobosa trees; two villages on the Bolgatanga-Tamale road are named Dawadawa 1 and Dawadawa 2. Zuini and traditional dawadawa were not available for September, October, and November. I asked several women why this was the case and the explanation was the lack of firewood. The traditional dawadawa process requires vast amounts of wood to 85
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the zuini when the market is brimming over with P.<strong>biglobosa</strong> products. The prices may<br />
be low, but converting the products to cash immediately helps the local women survive<br />
the remainder <strong>of</strong> the dry season. Through my interviews, I found two related reasons<br />
affecting the local supply <strong>of</strong> zuini. Zuini is a cash commodity, and trade depends upon<br />
demand in northern Ghana. Firewood is rarely collected during the farming season and<br />
traditional dawadawa is not prepared in Kandiga during this time.<br />
Traders with cash assets from the larger towns <strong>of</strong> Bolgatanga and Navrongo buy<br />
up groundnuts, zuini, and other grains and store them for sale later in the year when<br />
prices have increased. Zuini are traded in this same way. Women traders buy up the<br />
low-cost zuini from local village markets and can either store the seeds or sell them<br />
immediately. I could buy zuini sold by traders in Bolgatanga and Navrongo market year<br />
round. However, it was not always available at Kandiga market. The women traders<br />
who store the seeds will bring zuini to Kandiga market after several months and sell it at<br />
a higher price. A measuring bowl <strong>of</strong> zuini bought in April for 3500 cedis (US $0.50)<br />
would sell for 5000 cedis ($0.71) in December, a pr<strong>of</strong>it <strong>of</strong> 1500 cedis ($ 0.21). A trader<br />
could bring the zuini to Tamale and sell the seeds to the Royco manufacturer, a subsidiary<br />
<strong>of</strong> Unilever Brothers. Tamale lies approximately 170 km southeast from Kandiga and is<br />
the regional capital <strong>of</strong> the Northern region. The Northern region also has many P.<br />
<strong>biglobosa</strong> trees; two villages on the Bolgatanga-Tamale road are named Dawadawa 1 and<br />
Dawadawa 2.<br />
Zuini and traditional dawadawa were not available for September, October, and<br />
November. I asked several women why this was the case and the explanation was the<br />
lack <strong>of</strong> firewood. The traditional dawadawa process requires vast amounts <strong>of</strong> wood to<br />
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