Business News of Monday, 27 January 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comToday in 2010: Farmers call on government to ban importation of riceGhana spends over $1.5 billion on the importation of riceIt is estimated that Ghana spends over $1.5 billion on the importation of rice. It is on this backdrop, that farmers have called on the government to place a ban on the importation of foreign rice. It is not clear as to whether Ghana’s rice production capacity can meet the demand of its population. The Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, Kennedy Osei Nyarko, in 2019 announced that the government plans to ban the importation of rice by 2022 to boost local rice production. The leader of the Association was speaking at a meeting of rice farmers from the Tamale area, on Tuesday.

Source: GhanaWeb January 27, 2020 10:30 UTC