Ghana: Consider the location for grains silo

Considering the current economic climate and competing priorities for agricultural development, the Chamber of Agribusiness Ghana (CAG) is raising serious concerns about government’s proposed US$64million grain silo project. The US$64million price-tag of the project is what’s disturbing CAG – which urges the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to rather prioritise investments in irrigation infrastructure, post-harvest facilities and farmer capacity building to boost productivity in the grains sector. Additionally, the Chamber’s Chief Executive Officer, Anthony Morrison, criticised the proposed 60,000-tonne silo’s location in the Eastern Region; arguing that the Bono, Ahafo, Ashanti, Volta and Upper West Regions are the primary hubs for maize and rice production, not Kwahu in the Eastern Region. The Chamber buttressed its argument with statistical data that show in the year 2023 maize and rice production were dominated by the Bono, Ahafo and Volta Regions. “Ghana produced 3.7 million ...