In order to ensure access to high-quality fertilisers that will improve Ghana’s national food security and have a long-lasting, beneficial effect on farmers, Yara is collaborating with smallholder farmers and reliable partners.
With the help of the “Grow Ghana” programme, smallholder farmers in Ghana will receive free bags of YaraMila Actyva as part of a package, effectively cutting their typical fertiliser costs in half. The objective is to assist smallholder farmers in getting access to enough reasonably priced fertiliser to maintain food production and feed more than a million people nationwide.
Yara’s Senior Vice President for Africa, Luis Alfredo Pérez, stated that “Yara believes that market-based solutions are the most effective response to strengthen Ghana’s national food security, and will have a better chance of delivering sustained impact for farmers. The global geopolitical situation and macroeconomic indicators suggest that the current global food supply challenges may persist for some time.
“In this context, Yara is committed to multi-year responses. We will adopt a medium to long-term approach to strengthening the enabling environment in our key markets. We hope to continue this project for at least three consecutive farming seasons.”
Danquah Addo-Yobo, Yara’s Regional Director for West Africa, said: “The Grow Ghana initiative brings a market-systems development approach to help productive smallholder farmers build resilience and sustainability. In the process, it will help them contribute to national food production. This initiative has the potential not only to help avert food insecurity across Ghana, but also to catalyse a larger, continent-wide commitment to increase food system resilience, grow food security, and prevent hunger for 60 million people in Africa”.