The Feed Ghana Programme (FGP) has begun yielding results in reducing Ghana’s dependence on imported food through increased domestic crop and livestock production.
The programme, introduced in April 2025, has boosted production of maize, rice, tomatoes and poultry, with officials citing improved domestic supply and progress towards food self-sufficiency.
The National Coordinator of the FGP, Mr. Bright Kwadzo Demordzi, disclosed this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency on the sidelines of the 2nd West Africa Agri Show in Accra.
According to him, maize production has exceeded 100 percent of national consumption, while rice sufficiency has risen from 42 to 56 percent and poultry sufficiency from 5 to 21 percent over the past 17 months. Tomato farmers in major producing areas have also recorded abundant harvests, though challenges remain with off-taking and market access.
Mr. Demordzi attributed the gains to government support including the Nkoko Nkitinkiti poultry programme, provision of fertiliser and other farm inputs, and improved irrigation infrastructure.
He said the developments reflect growing farmer confidence and increased investment, supported by GH¢1.5 billion allocated in the 2025 budget to agriculture-sector initiatives including the FGP, and GH¢245 million in the 2026 budget to scale up food security and agro-industrial value chains.
“We are on course with our import substitution; maize production has exceeded 100 per cent of consumption, rice sufficiency has risen from 42 to 56 per cent, leaving surplus paddy in the fields, while poultry sufficiency has grown from five to 21 per cent and will reach full sufficiency in two-to-three years,” he said.
Source: Ghana News Agency (GNA) / Access Agric / MyJoyOnline
