Food insecurity rating projected to improve

The World Food Programme (WFP) and Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) person projected that up to 2 cardinal Ghanaians could acquisition nutrient insecurity by August this year, contempt a flimsy betterment successful the country’s wide nutrient information rating.

Approximately 2.4 cardinal radical (7.4 percent of the population) are presently classified arsenic susceptible to nutrient insecurity from March to May 2025.

However, a summary study connected the 2025 March Food and Nutrition Security Situation – arsenic highlighted by the Cadre Harmonise (CH) investigation – indicated that the fig is projected to somewhat alteration to astir 2 cardinal (6.3 percent of the population) betwixt June – August this year.

The decline, according to the report, is owed to ongoing authorities interventions successful the economy’s agriculture and wellness sectors.

The study recommended targetted authorities interventions specified arsenic the ‘Feed Ghana Programme’ and ‘Aqua Cage Fish Project’ to positively interaction areas with populations successful exigency conditions.

Various stakeholders successful the study mentioned that populations nether accent crossed the state indispensable beryllium fixed needed enactment to physique resilience and forestall deterioration into much terrible nutrient insecurity phases.

On the wellness front, the study suggested that susceptible populations successful urgent request of enactment should beryllium linked with societal extortion initiatives to buffer economical shocks.

Nonetheless, wrong the West Africa sub-region Ghana fared amended successful the standing than each its neighbours but Ivory Coast and Benin.

A post-quality assurance of the investigation crossed the sub-region indicates the country’s notable advancement successful managing nutrient and nutrition insecurity.

Indeed, Ghana ranks among the region’s best, with a comparatively little proportionality of susceptible populations compared to immoderate neighbouring countries.

The study so suggested that continued targetted interventions and resilience-building measures are indispensable to prolong and amended this affirmative outlook.

According to MoFA, authorities remains committed to safeguarding nutrient information and nutrition for each citizens, aligning with nationalist improvement goals and determination and planetary commitments.

The report’s methodology

The March 2025 rhythm of the Cadre Harmonise planned analysing 96 districts successful the Northern Region but did lone 71 districts owed to assets constraints.

The appraisal besides included a typical illustration of 130 districts crossed 10 regions successful the confederate and mediate loop – with information collected connected nutrient consumption, livelihood changes and 5 cardinal drivers of nutrient security: hazards and vulnerability, nutrient availability, access, utilisation and stability.

Data sources besides included the 2025 archetypal 4th Food and Nutrition Security Monitoring System (FNSMS) survey, which provided caller and applicable accusation for the analysis.

The CH is an established, unified instrumentality utilized successful the Sahel and West Africa to measure acute nutrient and nutrition insecurity. The investigation was coordinated by MoFA’s Research, Statistics and Information Directorate (SRID) with method and fiscal enactment from the WFP.

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