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World Food Programme

Also known as: UN World Food Programme · WFP · U.N. World Food Programme

World Food Programme — provides emergency cash relief, school meals, and agricultural support in Ghana addressing food insecurity in northern regions.

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April 2026
27 AprJoy Online
… Development partners, including the World Bank, UNICEF and the World Food Programme, commended the reforms and reaffirmed their support, while the Ministry reiterated its commitment to ensuring that no vulnerable Ghanaian is left behind.
Gov’t begins enrolment of 400,000 new households onto LEAP Programme

Agriculture & Land

Five agricultural colleges receive digital tools for climate-smart farming

The News

Five colleges of agriculture in Ghana are introducing digital technologies supported by the Korea International Cooperation Agency and the World Food Programme to equip students and instructors with skills in mechanization and digital technologies. The tools include moisture meters, soil testers, greenhouse control kits, IoT sensors, GPS devices, drone-flight simulation systems, and agricultural data-processing software.

1 October 2026 · Joy Online →

Thursday 1 October

Five agricultural colleges receive digital tools for climate-smart farming
Five colleges of agriculture in Ghana are introducing digital technologies supported by the Korea International Cooperation Agency and the World Food Programme to equip students and instructors with skills in mechanization and digital technologies. The tools include moisture meters, soil testers, greenhouse control kits, IoT sensors, GPS devices, drone-flight simulation systems, and agricultural data-processing software.
1 October 2026 · Joy Online →

Monday 28 September

NAFCO builds GH¢100m food buffer to strengthen food security
Ghana's National Food Buffer Stock Company has revamped its National Food Reserve Programme with GH¢100 million in government funding to respond to food crises and price pressures. By December 2025, NAFCO had stocked 36,597 bags of maize, 21,287 bags of rice and 5,982 bags of gari across six warehouses, and is rehabilitating storage facilities nationwide.
28 September 2026 · Joy Online →

Tuesday 15 September

WFP provides emergency cash relief to northern Ghana farmers
In 2025, the World Food Programme, with funding from the Republic of Korea, provided emergency relief assistance to more than 3,800 households (impacting more than 19,000 people) across 5 regions of northern Ghana to address food insecurity caused by 2024's prolonged dry spells and poor harvests. Beneficiary Alhassan, a smallholder farmer from Kumbungu District, received GHS 1,161 monthly from May to October 2025 through cash-based assistance, which enabled his family to purchase food and invest in rebuilding through cultivation of crops.
15 September 2026 · Joy Online →

Thursday 3 September

Former FIFA Secretary General joins African sports advisory board
Fatma Samoura, who served as FIFA Secretary General from 2016 to 2023 and was the first woman and first non-European to hold the position, has joined the Advisory Board of African Collaborations Group, a platform focused on developing sport and entertainment districts across Africa.
3 September 2026 · Joy Online →

Friday 7 August

Congo Ebola workers protest over three-month salary delays
Ebola response workers in eastern Congo staged protests this week demanding payment of salaries and allowances nearly three months overdue, as security incidents continue to disrupt containment efforts. Health workers gathered outside treatment centres in Ituri province calling for immediate payment, with police dispersing demonstrators in Mongbwalu.
7 August 2026 · Joy Online →

Monday 3 August

Congo's Ebola outbreak becomes second-largest on record
The Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak has risen to 3,532 cases and 1,556 deaths, making it the world's second-largest on record, outpaced only by the 2014–2016 West African outbreak. The Bundibugyo strain has spread faster than any previous Ebola epidemic, killing five times as many people in the same timeframe, while insecurity and resource constraints hamper containment efforts.
3 August 2026 · Joy Online →

Thursday 9 July

German initiative hands warehouse to strengthen food security in Northern Ghana
German Development Cooperation and Saving Grains 301 GmbH handed over a community warehouse to farmers in Shebo, Northern Region, to provide safe grain storage, aggregation, and market access. The facility is part of the Fund for the Promotion of Innovation in Agriculture (i4Ag) project, which addresses post-harvest grain losses—estimated at up to 40%—through hermetic storage bags, digital monitoring systems, and improved storage infrastructure.
9 July 2026 · Joy Online →

Wednesday 10 June

Ghana needs national risk management policy for proactive crisis prevention
An opinion piece argues that Ghana's crisis responses have been reactive rather than proactive, and calls for a National Risk Management Policy as an urgent governance reform to anticipate and mitigate risks before they become national emergencies.
10 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →

Wednesday 3 June

WFP school meals programme reaches 60,000 Northern Ghana children
The World Food Programme's daily school meal programme is keeping 60,000 children in classrooms across Northern Ghana, improving school attendance and learning readiness while supporting smallholder farmers' incomes through locally sourced food. The US-funded intervention operates in 207 low-fee private schools and faces a funding transition as the current cycle concludes in June 2026.
3 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →

Thursday 21 May

NGO Savana Signatures commended for empowering women and youth
Savana Signatures, a Tamale-based NGO, has been commended for empowering girls, women and youth while fostering community-led development across Ghana, reducing unemployment, and promoting social accountability through initiatives including the Transport Sector Improvement Project and 'Your Voice 4 Matter'.
21 May 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
WFP assesses US-funded school feeding programme in Northern Ghana
The World Food Programme, in collaboration with Ghana's Government and the United States, completed a field assessment of an integrated school feeding programme benefiting about 60,000 pupils across Northern Ghana in 207 low-fee private schools. The three-day mission evaluated the intervention's impact on education, nutrition, health and community livelihoods as the implementation cycle approaches completion in June 2026, revealing significant improvements in school enrolment, attendance and classroom participation.
21 May 2026 · Joy Online →

Wednesday 20 May

Rockefeller Foundation shifts to African-led development initiatives
The Rockefeller Foundation's 2025 impact report shows a shift from donor dependency to African-led solutions, with the foundation awarding more than US$350 million in grants and committing $133 million across 66 opportunities in Africa. The report highlights partnerships addressing disease prevention, food insecurity, and energy access, including West African laboratory systems that have detected over 100 outbreaks and trained over 1,000 technicians.
20 May 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
Rockefeller Foundation mobilises $3bn across Africa in 2025
The Rockefeller Foundation has launched its 2025 Impact Report, detailing investments of over $350 million awarded and approximately $3 billion mobilised, with $133.2 million committed to 66 initiatives across Africa. The Foundation's work focuses on universal energy access, regenerative school meals, health systems strengthening, food security and disease prevention, including detection of over 100 disease outbreaks in West Africa through improved laboratory networks and training of over 1,000 laboratory technicians.
20 May 2026 · The Chronicle →

Tuesday 19 May

Rockefeller Foundation awards $350m, reaches 731 million globally
The Rockefeller Foundation awarded over US$350 million and mobilised US$3 billion in 2025, reaching an estimated 731 million people globally, with more than US$133 million committed across 66 opportunities in Africa. The funding supports initiatives in energy, food systems, health, and development, including a West African health partnership that has detected over 100 outbreaks and trained more than 1,000 laboratory technicians.
19 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Rockefeller Foundation awards $350m globally, funds 66 African opportunities
The Rockefeller Foundation awarded over US$350 million in 2025, directly mobilized US$3 billion, and funded $133,166,945 across 66 opportunities in Africa, reaching 731 million people worldwide. The funding supports work on universal energy abundance, regenerative school meals, disease prevention through strengthened laboratory networks, food security, and agricultural resilience across the continent.
19 May 2026 · Daily Guide →

Sunday 17 May

Storage shortage constrains NAFCO's rice glut mop-up effort
Inadequate warehouse infrastructure is hampering the National Food Buffer Stock Company's ability to purchase and preserve surplus rice and grains, despite government releasing GH¢300 million for strategic reserves. NAFCO's Deputy CEO said the organisation's 129,000 metric tonne installed capacity has only 40,000–44,000 metric tonnes currently usable due to abandoned, deteriorating facilities.
17 May 2026 · Joy Online →

Thursday 14 May

Bono East Minister calls for expanded carbon credit activities
The Bono East Regional Minister has advocated for intensified carbon credit activities to reduce Ghana's greenhouse gas emissions, citing growing climate change impacts including erratic rainfall, extreme temperatures, and increased flooding. The Ministry of Food and Agriculture distributed over one million economic tree seedlings to farmers in Bono, Bono East, and Savannah regions under the Agroforestry for Carbon Credit project, with the region having planted over 355,480 tree seedlings so far.
14 May 2026 · Joy Online →

Sunday 10 May

Jadema rice mill project stalled over year after Mahama pledge
The proposed rice mill in Jadema, Mamprugu-Moagduri District, North East Region, promised by President Mahama over a year ago to boost local rice production and create jobs, remains unimplemented with no visible construction. The North East Regional Minister says steps are now being taken to revive discussions with the World Food Programme, identified as the project sponsor, to address bottlenecks delaying implementation.
10 May 2026 · Joy Online →

Tuesday 5 May

NAFCO needs GH¢770m to clear rice glut from 2025–26
The National Food Buffer Stock Company says it requires at least GH¢770 million to absorb a rice surplus from the 2025 farming season, but has received only GH¢100 million in 2025 funds and is awaiting a further GH¢200 million announced in the 2026 Budget.
5 May 2026 · Joy Online →

Friday 1 May

Iran war threatens global food supply via fertiliser shortage
Yara's chief executive warns that disruption to fertiliser supplies due to hostilities in the Gulf, which have blocked shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, could result in up to ten billion meals not being produced weekly globally and will disproportionately affect the poorest countries.
1 May 2026 · Joy Online →

Monday 27 April

Government enrolls 400,000 new households in LEAP Programme
Ghana has begun enrolling 400,000 newly eligible households onto the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) Programme, expanding the social protection scheme which has grown from 1,654 households in 2008 to approximately 350,000 prior to the latest reassessment. The initiative, led by the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, follows a nationwide reassessment and provides financial assistance to extremely poor households including the elderly, persons with disabilities, orphans, and vulnerable children.
27 April 2026 · Joy Online →