The Ministry of Meals and Agriculture has introduced that the federal government intends to elevate the ban on grain exports by the top of November 2024.
Minister answerable for the sector, Dr. Bryan Acheampong, addressing some journalists in Accra, expressed confidence that the present challenges could be mitigated by November, permitting the federal government to elevate the restrictions on grain exports.
Dr. Bryan Acheampong emphasised that the federal government is intently monitoring the climate patterns and agricultural outputs within the affected areas.
“We’ll monitor the scenario, however we imagine that we’ll come out of this example by November. We must be very clear when the northern harvest is available in, and the southern sector is available in, after which the imports are available in. By November we must be very clear, and so we’ll monitor and we’ll apprise the nation,” he famous.
This newest announcement is a aid to stakeholders within the agricultural sector who’ve been interesting to the federal government to elevate the ban.
It will likely be recalled that the Minister of Meals and Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong, throughout a press briefing in Accra on Monday, August 26, introduced the ban because of the dry spells affecting the northern components of Ghana.
He defined that the ban goals to make sure meals availability for the home market amid difficult climate circumstances.
To mitigate the affect on farmers, Mr. Acheampong urged these with grain inventory to contact district administrators, aggregators, and the crops directorate throughout the nation if they’re thinking about promoting.
This measure is meant to help farmers and stop them from struggling losses because of the export ban.
“With speedy impact, the federal government is putting a ban on the export of grains, together with maize, rice, and soya beans, till the scenario normalizes. This measure is important to make sure the provision of those essential crops on the home market.”
“Any farmer with inventory and thinking about promoting ought to contact our district administrators throughout the nation, our district aggregators, or the directorate of crops, Ministry of Agriculture. That is to make sure that farmers don’t endure adversely on account of this ban,” he famous.