{"id":438044,"date":"2011-06-08T11:07:45","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T11:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/08\/storage-will-guarantee-food-security\/"},"modified":"2011-06-08T11:07:45","modified_gmt":"2011-06-08T11:07:45","slug":"storage-will-guarantee-food-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/08\/storage-will-guarantee-food-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Storage Will Guarantee Food Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"29.0981792217\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/newtimes180.jpg\" alt=\"The New Times (Kigali)\" title=\"Visit The New Times (Kigali)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>8 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>editorial<\/p>\n<p>As the harvest season approaches, farmers have pledged to heed the government\u2019s call to resist the temptation to sell all their produce at once.<\/p>\n<p>Most farmers, usually, sell all their produce for cash during bumper harvest, leaving little or nothing to feed on.<\/p>\n<p>Food storage will provide reserves for the nation in the event that the country experiences unpredictable weather patterns that have, in the past, disrupted food yields.<\/p>\n<p>Despite inadequate modern storage facilities, famers in their cooperatives are looking for alternative storerooms, because they are convinced of the importance of storing food.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, this will ensure food security and self -sustenance.<\/p>\n<p>Reliable storage is also necessary to stabilise local food prices, especially during such a time when the global economy is volatile and characterized by high food and fuel prices.<\/p>\n<p>To expand on the storage facilities, financial institutions as well as Saccos, should provide incentives to help establish modern facilities.<\/p>\n<p>It is not only the famers who stand to benefit, but the country as a whole.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>More here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106080476.html\" title=\"Storage Will Guarantee Food Security\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Storage Will Guarantee Food Security<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 8 June 2011 editorial As the harvest season approaches, farmers have pledged to heed the government\u2019s call to resist the temptation to sell all their produce at once. Most farmers, usually, sell all their produce for cash during bumper harvest, leaving little or nothing to feed on. Food storage will provide reserves for the nation in the event that the country experiences unpredictable weather patterns that have, in the past, disrupted food yields. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-438044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Storage Will Guarantee Food Security - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/08\/storage-will-guarantee-food-security\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Storage Will Guarantee Food Security - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"8 June 2011 editorial As the harvest season approaches, farmers have pledged to heed the government\u2019s call to resist the temptation to sell all their produce at once. 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