The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Honourable Bryan Acheampong has highlighted a series of measures that Government has put in place to lessen the effects of the current dry spell on farmers.
He stated that the Government has decided to provide financial support of GHS 1,000 per hectare to vulnerable farmers as partial cover for their investment losses.
The measures include a temporary ban on the export of grains from Ghana.
The Minister for Finance, Hon. Dr. Amin Adam, for his part announced that Government has allocated 8 billion Ghana Cedis to provide relief and some mitigative measures for the farmers affected by the dry spell.
The Defense Minister, Hon.Dominic Nitiwul also assured that the government has deployed and intensified security across the borders to prevent the export of grains from the country.
The briefing was moderated by the Minister for Information, Hon. Fatimatu Abubakar.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Kwabena Nyarko Abronoma
