The Ministry of Food and Agriculture is setting its sights on ending Ghana's heavy reliance on vegetable imports with the launch of the Feed Ghana programme.
In an interview on Citi FM, a spokesperson from the ministry revealed staggering figures about the country's import bill on basic vegetables - and the plan to fix it. "Every year, we spend GH₵4 billion on the importation of tomatoes from Burkina Faso.
If Burkina Faso is able to produce tomatoes, why is it that we cannot do it here in Ghana, in spite of the fertile soil that we have and all the agricultural endowment," he stated, questioning the logic behind the continued dependency.
Tomatoes aren't the only concern.
