The Ministry of Agriculture (MoFA) has admitted that it did not foresee the ongoing drought affecting the northern part of Ghana. Farmers have since called for urgent assistance from the government due to the damage suffered by farms in the region as a result of the lack of rain for over a month. The head of Public Relations Officer for MoFA, Tanko Bagbara, mentioned that despite close collaboration with the Meteorological Agency, the ministry did not anticipate the drought reaching a serious level, as reported by citinewsroom.com. He said, "The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has worked closely with the meteorological station over the period, and we do heed their advice, but we did not foresee this. I do not want to blame anybody because rain-fed agriculture is something you cannot predict naturally to the latter." Tanko revealed that the names of affected farmers are currently being gathered in preparation for the government's intervention. "The Ministry has already begun collecting data.