I have just returned from a visit to the Northern Region of Ghana, and what I witnessed — and heard from farmers and millers across the north — was deeply troubling. From Fumbisi and Wiaga in the Upper East Region, to Wa, Jirapa, and Sissala East in the Upper West, and from Yagaba and Nasia in the North East Region, to Salaga and Bole in the Savanna Region, one painful truth echoed everywhere: our rice farmers are in crisis. The hope that once surrounded Ghana’s rice revolution has faded. Farmers…
Read MoreNorthern Rice Farmers on the Brink: Smuggling and neglect threaten Ghana’s food security – Samuel Attah-Mensah writes
