The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has announced a significant reduction in food inflation, attributing the progress to sweeping reforms implemented under the Agriculture for Economic Transformation Agenda (AETA) and the Feed Ghana Programme.

Delivering an accountability statement, the Minister said Ghana inherited a fragile food system in January 2025, with food inflation standing at 28.3 percent. Within ten months, targeted interventions helped reduce the rate to 9.5 percent as of October 2025.

He explained that the Mahama administration responded to structural challenges—ranging from high post-harvest losses to low mechanisation—by focusing on seed sovereignty, soil testing, irrigation expansion, agro-meteorological systems and farmer cooperatives.

The Feed Ghana Programme has become the main driver of these reforms, stimulating national interest in agriculture through campaigns, institutional farming, home gardening and modernised extension services.

According to the Minister, the rapid turnaround in food inflation shows the impact of stabilising the food system and rebuilding the agricultural economy from the ground up.

Story by Doe Benjamin Kofi Lawson