Buy food and stock for future – peasants farmers warn of impending shortages and price hikes
The Head of Programmes and Advocacy for Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana, Dr Charles Nyaaba has advised Ghanaian consumers who have the financial strength of purchasing food items in larger quantities to do so due to possibilities of food shortage in the country.
Speaking on 3FM on Monday, March 14 2022, Dr Nyaaba said “Consumers should purchase food items like maize, rice, millet, among others and store them because the prices are going to escalate
Commenting on the consistent price hikes of food products and fuel in Ghana, Dr Nyaaba noted that “Those consumers who can buy and stock for 2023 and beyond should start doing so. I will advise them to buy things like maize, rice, millet; the prices are going to escalate because we are not getting fertilizer.”
He further noted that “Increase in fuel prices have increased the cost of tractor services, while prices of other inputs have gone up.
“Ghana should find a way to increase budget allocation to fertilizer subsidies. Things are hard now but if they can afford, they should buy and stock,” he concluded.
