The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations and the European Union (EU) are rolling out a series of interventions to address food insecurity and support agricultural recovery in northern Ghana.
The interventions include Training of Trainers (TOT) sessions on improved grain storage technologies to enhance the capacities of value chain actors with focus on seed and grain producers.
A statement issued by the FAO and EU in Accra yesterday stated that the trainings would provide knowledge on post-har vest handling of grains such as maize and millet towards reducing food loss at the farm and at storage centres. "The project will promote dry-season vegetable production by providing capacity development on climate-adapted farming practices and inputs, including vegetable seeds (tomato, leafy greens, and others) to smallholder farmers in the six target districts", it disclosed .
The statement also said the interventions aim to build the capacities of 12,600 farmers in six districts comprising North East Gonja, North Gonja, Central Gonja, Bongo, Kasena Nankana West, and Bunkpurugu Nakpanduri.