{"id":222749,"date":"2024-10-01T18:42:17","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T18:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/01\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\/"},"modified":"2024-10-01T18:42:17","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T18:42:17","slug":"dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/01\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"Dry spell: Govt to distribute food grants to over 800k farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The government will begin the distribution of food grants from October 10, 2024, to over 800,000 farmers affected by the dry spell that hit the northern and middle belt of the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong, each farmer will be given a 25kg bag of rice and 100kg of maize.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a presser in Accra on Tuesday, the Abetifi MP noted that the distribution forms part of the government\u2019s existing interventions to curb the impact on the affected farmers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the 10th of October, we will commence the distribution of food grants to over 800,000 farmers in the 8 affected regions. Each farmer will receive 25kg of rice and 100kg of maize.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo bring relief to the general population, we are setting up an online grains market starting on the 10th of October to enable the public to conveniently access grains (maize and rice) at affordable prices,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em><strong>Explore the world of impactful news with CitiNewsroom on WhatsApp!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Click on the link to join the\u00a0\u00a0<span class=\"google-anno-t\">Citi Newsroom<\/span>\u00a0channel for curated, meaningful stories tailored just for YOU:\u00a0https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCYzPRAYlUPudDDe53x<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\">\n<p><em style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\"><strong>No spams, just the stories that truly matter! #StayInformed #CitiNewsroom #CNRDigital<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government will begin the distribution of food grants from October 10, 2024, to over 800,000 farmers affected by the dry spell that hit the northern and middle belt of the country. According to the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong, each farmer will be given a 25kg bag of rice and 100kg of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":190987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-222749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dry spell: Govt to distribute food grants to over 800k farmers - 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\/2024\/10\/01\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dry spell: Govt to distribute food grants to over 800k farmers - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The government will begin the distribution of food grants from October 10, 2024, to over 800,000 farmers affected by the dry spell that hit the northern and middle belt of the country. According to the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong, each farmer will be given a 25kg bag of rice and 100kg of [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/01\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-01T18:42:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Bryan-Acheampong-750x375-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"375\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/01\\\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/01\\\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"Dry spell: Govt to distribute food grants to over 800k farmers\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-01T18:42:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/01\\\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":208,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/01\\\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Bryan-Acheampong-750x375-1.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/01\\\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/01\\\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/01\\\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dry spell: Govt to distribute food grants to over 800k farmers - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/01\\\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/01\\\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Bryan-Acheampong-750x375-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-01T18:42:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/01\\\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/01\\\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/01\\\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Bryan-Acheampong-750x375-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Bryan-Acheampong-750x375-1.png\",\"width\":750,\"height\":375},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/01\\\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Dry spell: Govt to distribute food grants to over 800k farmers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Dry spell: Govt to distribute food grants to over 800k farmers - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/01\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Dry spell: Govt to distribute food grants to over 800k farmers - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"The government will begin the distribution of food grants from October 10, 2024, to over 800,000 farmers affected by the dry spell that hit the northern and middle belt of the country. According to the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong, each farmer will be given a 25kg bag of rice and 100kg of [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/01\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-10-01T18:42:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":750,"height":375,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Bryan-Acheampong-750x375-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/01\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/01\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"headline":"Dry spell: Govt to distribute food grants to over 800k farmers","datePublished":"2024-10-01T18:42:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/01\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\/"},"wordCount":208,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/01\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Bryan-Acheampong-750x375-1.png","articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/01\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/01\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/01\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\/","name":"Dry spell: Govt to distribute food grants to over 800k farmers - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/01\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/01\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Bryan-Acheampong-750x375-1.png","datePublished":"2024-10-01T18:42:17+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/01\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/01\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/01\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Bryan-Acheampong-750x375-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Bryan-Acheampong-750x375-1.png","width":750,"height":375},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/01\/dry-spell-govt-to-distribute-food-grants-to-over-800k-farmers\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Dry spell: Govt to distribute food grants to over 800k farmers"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}