Kutu Acheampong’s ‘Operation Feed Yourself’ reduced rice imports to zero in 1975, 1976 – Sam Jonah

Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Sir Sam Jonah, has credited former Head of State General Ignatius Kutu Acheampong’s Operation Feed Yourself campaign with boosting domestic food production and reducing Ghana’s rice imports to zero in 1975 and 1976.Speaking at the second edition of a lecture honouring Acheampong’s legacy on Friday, November 13, 2026, Sir Sam Jonah said the programme demonstrated how national leadership could mobilise citizens to produce the food the country consumed.