Ghana: WFP supports grain farmers with storage facilities

World Food Program(WFP) has presented 140 hermetic silos to smallholder farmers in the Northern Region to help save and store their grains to avoid losses recorded after harvest. Each of the plastic hermetic silos stores 500 kilos of grains; maize, soyabean or cowpeas amongst others, preserving farmers grains from pest, fungal infection and effects of high moisture levels. The presentation of the hermetic silos to the farmers formed part of the Enhancing Nutrition Value Chains (ENVAC) Initiative implemented by the WFP from 2016 to 2021 with funding from Canada. The ENVAC was an integrated program, which had worked to address some of the challenges facing smallholder farmers equipping them to produce good quality food and linking them up to agro food processors and structured markets. Under the project, agro food processors had been supported to produce high quality specialized nutritious foods to improve nutrition especially amongst vulnerable women and children. ...