… In an exclusive interview with the B&FT, via phone from the Upper East Region, a farmer and former director of the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), Dr. …
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has distributed 40,000 bags of inorganic fertilizers and five sets of agricultural drones to the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) as part of efforts to support farmers ahead of this year’s major planting season in Northern Gh …
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has distributed 40,000 bags of inorganic fertiliser and advanced agricultural drones to the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana as part of efforts to boost food production and strengthen food security across the country. …
… Douglas Annor (left) President and executives of Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana Field visits to key farming communities including Ejura, Nkoranza, Techiman, Goaso and Sefwi Wiawso revealed widespread frustration and dangerous ripple effect to confirm the fears of Opanin Nti …
As thousands of local farmers are struggling with large volumes of unsold rice, the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) is calling for an immediate six-month ban on rice imports. …
By Wisdom JONNY-NUEKPE The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has urged government to impose an immediate six-month ban on rice imports, warning that thousands of local farmers are struggling with large volumes of unsold rice. …
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has welcomed the government’s decision to introduce a rice import quota policy, describing it as a step in the right direction towards boosting demand for locally produced rice and strengthening the country’s domestic rice value cha …
… According to the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), more than 200,000 metric tonnes of unsold paddy rice and maize from the last season remain stuck in warehouses and on farms, with some rice still unharvested, leaving farmers exposed to bird invasions, bushfires, and m …
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the University for Development Studies (UDS) campus in Tamale, from 21st to 23rd April 2026. …
More than 700,000 metric tonnes of paddy rice from the previous season remain unsold, leaving farmers with cash-flow constraints and little incentive to begin cultivation during the current rainy season. According to a former director of the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana, only about 20 percent of last year's over 960,000-metric-tonne harvest has been sold, and farmers say promised government intervention has not materialised.
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Over 700,000 metric tonnes of unsold paddy rice from last season have left farmers without cash flow and discouraged new planting, threatening food security and rural livelihoods.
More than 700,000 metric tonnes of paddy rice from the previous season remain unsold, leaving farmers with cash-flow constraints and little incentive to begin cultivation during the current rainy season. According to a former director of the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana, only about 20 percent of last year's over 960,000-metric-tonne harvest has been sold, and farmers say promised government intervention has not materialised.
Ghana's rice farmers have abandoned fields for the 2026 planting season because they remain burdened with more than 700,000 metric tonnes of unsold paddy rice from last year, lack planting capital, and say government has made no tangible intervention despite promises. A former director of the Peasant Farmers Association reported that tractors are idle across major rice-producing valleys in the North, Volta, and Oti Regions, with farmers owing equipment operators and unable to service debts incurred to buy paddy rice on credit.
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has distributed 40,000 bags of inorganic fertilizers and five sets of agricultural drones to the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana to support the major planting season in Northern Ghana, as part of the government's Feed Ghana Programme aimed at increasing agricultural productivity and food security.
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has distributed 40,000 bags of inorganic fertiliser and advanced agricultural drones to the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana under the Feed Ghana Programme to boost food production and strengthen food security. The Ministry plans to distribute approximately one million bags of fertiliser to farmers in all 276 agricultural constituencies nationwide, with additional organic fertiliser allocated to farmer groups and irrigation schemes.
Ghanaian farmers are urging the government to resolve a budget dispute between the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and release funds for the national fertilizer subsidy programme to prevent agricultural collapse. Farming communities say prolonged administrative delays and a "bureaucratic deadlock" over GHc1.6 billion in funding claims have left them without essential inputs during the planting season.
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana is calling for an immediate six-month ban on rice imports, citing that nearly 90 percent of local rice farmers are holding unsold stock due to competition from imported rice and the National Food Buffer Stock Company's inability to purchase surplus harvests as directed by the President.
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana has called for an immediate six-month import ban on rice, citing that nearly 90 percent of local rice farmers hold unsold stock and blaming the National Food Buffer Stock Company's failure to purchase surplus rice as directed. The association argues a temporary suspension would allow domestic rice to clear the market and stabilise farm-gate prices.
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana has backed the government's rice import quota policy but stressed that delayed implementation risks undermining domestic rice production. According to PFAG's independent assessment, over 90 percent of rice farmers are holding significant unsold stocks.
An investigative analysis argues that over five million Ghanaian smallholder farmers are being harmed by macroeconomic policies and institutional failures, including artificially cheap imported rice and maize flooding the market and defective hybrid seeds from the government's Feed Ghana Programme.
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana held its AGM from 21–23 April 2026 in Tamale, bringing together over 300 farmer delegates from over 100 districts across all 16 regions to elect new national leadership and commemorate the association's 20 years as Ghana's apex farmer-based organization. Douglas Annor was elected National President, alongside new Vice President, General Secretary, and regional representatives.