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Agricultural production and food security challenges

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Agricultural sectors in Ghana and Bangladesh are facing significant threats to food security due to rising costs and supply chain vulnerabilities. In Ghana and Bangladesh, high fertiliser prices and acute shortages have squeezed farmer margins and led to civil unrest, such as road blockades in Bangladesh districts like Kurigram. In Ghana, the crisis has expanded to include is compounded by a heavy dependency on imported seeds, with seeds; the National Seed Trade Association of Ghana (NASTAG) reporting reports that approximately 90% of certified vegetable seeds are imported. Furthermore, the influx of imported commodities like maize, rice, and soybeans has flooded local markets, preventing Ghanaian farmers from selling their harvests even when lowering prices. During policy consultations in Accra, NPP presidential candidate Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia characterized these market conditions as ‘unacceptable’ and ‘deeply troubling,’ pledging reforms to protect local producers, ensure food sovereignty, and invest in agricultural research. NASTAG has also raised concerns regarding regulatory gaps in the National Seed Policy, infrastructure shortfalls, and alleged interference by politically connected traders in public seed procurement. To mitigate import reliance, Ghana is pursuing industrial investments in fertilizer production. Following the 2024 import of over 554,000 tons of fertilizer, President John Dramani Mahama announced that the Chinese Sentuo Group plans to build a local fertilizer plant. This follows the August 2025 commissioning of a $3.5 million blending facility by Invess Agriculture Ltd and a $5 billion partnership with Qatari group Al Jedad Holdings at the Atuabo petroleum hub to produce ammonia and urea. Efforts to mitigate these issues through distribute existing fertilizer distribution have yielded inconsistent results across Ghana. In results. While the Nkwanta South Municipality, Municipality distributed over 1,000 bags of NPK fertilizer were distributed to support the 71 percent of the population engaged in farming. However, NPK, farmers in the Wa West District of the Upper West Region, farmers in Yeleyiri report significant delays and inadequacies in government-supported distribution. This lack of timely inputs is reportedly delays, threatening crop yields and driving youth migration toward urban areas migration or illegal mining (galamsey) as alternative livelihoods. mining.

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  1. 2026-09-21 05:15 UTC Agricultural production and food security challenges
  2. 2026-09-13 14:52 UTC Agricultural production and food security challenges
  3. 2026-09-12 20:43 UTC Agricultural production and food security challenges

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