On November 11, 2022, the Ministry of Meals and Agriculture started selling food to public servants and members of local government on its property.
The government made this planned decision as part of its Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) program to protect regular Ghanaians from the severe economic problems.
The gesture unmistakably draws attention to the enormous price differences between food in urban areas and where it is produced because of the costs associated with the agricultural value chain.
THE GHANAIAN PUBLISHER without mincing words applaud the ministry for introducing this initiative in this time when virtually every facet of the Ghanaian economy is on its knees due to the soaring prices of petroleum products.
The newspaper would prefer to recommend that the food market be enlarged to include staples like rice, yams, cabbage, carrots, pepper, spring onions, and cucumbers.
Since the initiative’s inception, plantain bunches and most recently certain yam tubers have been highlighted.
Along with our recommendation that the food basket be expanded, the report also suggests that the markets be rotated to reach a variety of consumers.
For us, happiness and a little laughter should be available to everyone in every corner of the world when necessary and not just to a select few people who just so happen to reside in Accra or work close to the Agriculture Ministry.
By critically examining the level of their development via the roads that connect to these farms, those in the hinterlands where the foods are cultivated must also benefit from the foods they plant for those in the metropolitan regions to eat.
The publication hopes the Ministry’s initiative succeeds, but we should all work to make it a long-lasting program that would be included in government initiatives.
Source: newsthemegh.com