Dr Seidu Jasaw urges climate financiers to align funding with farmers’ planting seasons

The Wa East MP and Chairman of Parliament’s Food and Agriculture Committee, Dr Godfred Seidu Jasaw, has urged climate finance institutions to align fund disbursements with agricultural seasons, warning that delays can cost farmers an entire year of production and income.

He said the effectiveness of climate finance should be measured not only by how quickly institutions process funding but also by whether resources reach projects and communities when they are needed.

Addressing a discussion on climate finance, Dr Jasaw questioned the meaning of “rapid finance”, arguing that a delay that appears reasonable on a project timetable could have serious consequences for farmers with limited planting windows.