Food Shortage Eminent In Ghana- GAWU Cautions

Ghana is likely to experience shortage of food in the within a short time as production by farmers keeps going down

According to the General Secretary of the General Agricultural Workers Union, Edward Kareweh, the persistent rising cost of farm inputs , mainly fertilisers and pesticides have forced farmers in the country to decrease the size of their farms leading to a reduction in the general production of foodstuffs.

Mr. Kareweh also indicated that the reduction of farm sizes is hampering production and warned that this could lead to hikes in prices of foodstuff in the various markets thereby burdening Ghanaians the more.

“The demand for food will continue to go up so if you cut down your farm size then it means that your output will be low and if it is low and the demand is high, it will push prices up so this is inevitable”, he reiterated.

GAWU again cautioned that Ghana’s food security system is under threat if critical measures are not taken to address the challenges that the sector is bedeviled with.

“We may not see the full effect of it until in the future. We can give ourselves in the next five years we will see the full effect of it”.

“Until we take steps now, we may in the future be faced with very serious food shortage”, he stated.

Mr. Kareweh also stated that farmers need to be encouraged to expand their cultivation and increase their production to meet demands.

Source: Myjoyonline.