The Planting for Food and Jobs policy has received praise from President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who attributes it to Ghana’s abundant food supply.
Despite significant economic difficulties, Ghana has reportedly avoided food shortages that other West African nations have reported.
The President thinks that successful policies, such as the Planting for Food and Jobs initiative, have been crucial in ensuring that the nation produces enough food.
He acknowledged the successful management of the agricultural sector by the government while speaking at the 7th African Leadership Forum in Accra.
Mr. Akufo-Addo however, cautioned that continuing to subsidise agriculture might not be financially viable in the long run.
“There is a whole programme we call Planting for Food and Jobs, where we subsidize our smallholder farmers. It has yielded some results, and we have seen that even in these difficult times economically, the availability of foodstuff on the market has not been an issue. It isn’t as if in this period of difficulty we have also witnessed a shortage of food.
“On the contrary, access to food has been the more robust response that our economy has had and it is so because the system we have put in place has been relatively successful but clearly there is a limit to how far we can go down that road of public subsidy for agriculture.”
