Government is constructing 80 warehouses with the capacity to store up to 80,000 metric tonnes (MT) of food items, as part of deliberate steps to ensure that there is food security in the country.
Each warehouse would have the capacity to store 1,000 MT and is expected to be ready by June, this year.
Speaking at a media briefing to update the public on the country's food security situation, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, the Minister of Food and Agriculture said in all, they had targeted building warehouses with a combined capacity to store 200,000 metric tonnes.
Government would distribute the management of the 80 warehouses upon completion, to the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO), Ghana Stock Exchange, private sector organizations and the sector Ministry for efficient operation.
Dr. Afriyie Akoto said since the COVID-19 outbreak in the country, the Ministry had been engaging input distributors, importers, development partners and Ghana Commodity Exchange to craft remedial measures to respond to the pandemic.
Available funding had been made to the NAFCO to mop up strategic food stocks to make sure that there was no threat to food security, and to also provide regular update on the food situation.
