The Executive Director of the Peasant Farmers Association, Bismark Nortey, has revealed that Ghanaian farmers did not receive any government support in 2023.
This, he says is despite a Ministry of Food and Agriculture budget allocation exceeding GH₵ 2 billion.
In an interview on JoyNews' The Probe on Sunday, November 10, Mr Nortey, explained that the initial Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) program concluded in 2022, as the former sector minister pursued other ambitions.
The new minister subsequently introduced PFJ 2.0, but the rollout took an entire year to plan and implement, leaving farmers without access to subsidies or input supplies throughout 2023. "What that meant is that in 2023 farmers across the country did not receive any form of support from government.