The Ministry of Food and Agriculture is about to start selling food inside its facilities to serve the people of Accra as part of its efforts to regulate food prices.

The goods will be transported to the ministry from the farms and sold to customers at a lower cost.

Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, the sector minister, stated during a meeting with farmers in Sefwi Wiaso, in the Western North Region, "the ministry itself is going to take its own initiative."

“We are going to link up with the farm gate so that we make all the arrangements to ensure that we put up kiosks on our compounds at the ministry, specifically for food from here [Sefwi Wiaso] and we are going to give it a lot of publicity,” the minister said.

Meanwhile, Ghana is recognized as the nation with the biggest increases in food prices by the World Bank.

With a 122% increase in food prices, the nation has achieved the toughest achievement in sub-Saharan Africa.

In recent months, food costs have risen significantly since the beginning of the year in a number of nations throughout the world, primarily as a result of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

According to the World Bank, Ghana is the nation in Africa with the highest food prices. According to the World Bank's October 2022 Africa Pulse report, Ghana is the sub-Saharan African nation with the highest rate of food inflation.