The crises in these two countries have seen scores of Ghanaians and other nationals trooping into Ghana to seek refuge. And this, the Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, Nii Amasah Namoale says would lead to an upsurge in food prices since the country never budgeted for the extra mouths.
“Within the next one or two months, food prices will go up a little in the sense that we have some extra 18,000 mouths to feed. The Libya crisis, over 17,000 Ghanaians are coming into the country. As they are coming, they are coming with no GDP; they are coming to rather consume what we have. The Ivoirians’ are also coming in. So we have got some extra mouths we have not budgeted for”.
Nii Amasah Namoale was speaking on the Big Bite show, Friday, 25th March 2011 on Xfm 95.1, a privately owned commercial radio station in Accra.
It is in this light that Honourable Namoale is calling for a total embrace of the launch of ‘Operation Grow Your Own Food’; the government’s means of making sure that Ghanaians stay immune to the global food crises.
He says, “so I am entreating all Ghanaians to produce something”, adding, “the little that you produce will go a long way to put us in a food security zone we all would feel comfortable with”.
The years 2007–2008 saw dramatic increases in world food prices, creating a global crisis and causing political and economic instability and social unrest in both poor and developed nations.
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Food Prices To Go Up In Ghana Says Minister