Ghana: ECOWAS presents 500-tonne food grant to MoFA

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOW­AS) under its Regional Food Security Reserve yesterday handed over 500 tonnes of cereals to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA).

The cereals, which is made up of 4,327 bags of maize, 2,015 bags of sorghum, 200 bags of millet and 3,458 bags of rice, is to be distributed as ‘food grants’ to eight regions in Ghana experiencing dry spells leading to the disruption of crop production.

The beneficiary regions are…