The Ministry of Food and Agriculture and ARB Apex Bank have signed an agreement to manage a $1 million revolving fund under the Food and Nutrition Security Resilience Project.
The project, funded by the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (GAFSP) to the tune of $20 million, aims to enhance food and nutrition security in the Northern Savannah Ecological Zone in the country.
The project, which is being implemented in 12 districts across six regions: Northern, Savannah, North East, Upper West, Upper East, Oti regions focuses on strategic investments to achieve maximum impact.
Signing the Memorandum of Understanding in Accra on Wednesday, the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Mr Eric Opoku, pledged to improve food production across the five regions in the north following a challenging farming season marked by drought.
