Business24 Newspaper 17 June 2022

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Tackling long-term unemployment challenges in Ghana

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NEWS FOR B U SINESS LEA DERS

No food shortage in Ghana - Deputy Agric Minister The Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, Yaw Frimpong Addo has stated that it was not true that there was food crisis in the country. He said there was a clear distinction between food availability and pricing, stressing that Ghanaians were misconstruing the high prices of some foodstuff to mean food shortage. Mr. Addo made the statement while addressing the media on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, in Techiman, Bono East Region as part of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) six-day tour of five regions across the country. He explained that his outfit’s tour was informed by statements, especially in Accra and some big cities, that there was food shortage in the country. “Around this time of the year, food prices are high, but fortunately for Ghana since 2016 till now, there has been high stock of maize,” he noted. According to him, about 270, 000 metric tonnes of maize were available in about ten (10) satellite markets in the Bono East Region. However, Mr. Addo sympathised with farmers on the practice where buyers decide to shortchange them by giving them any price for their produce.

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