According to the most recent data issued by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), food was the main cause of Ghana's inflation, which is currently at 37.2%.

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Frank Kukubor, a farmer, claims that the lack of proper government food security measures is the root of the problem.

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He claimed that the nation's inability to produce enough food to feed its people.

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Additionally, Mr. Kukubor claimed that the volta region's infrastructure had not advanced sufficiently to support agricultural production.

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This, he said, has led to a shortage of the country’s stock reserve.

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In his view, these gaps have to be filled to build a robust agricultural system to avert any global shocks in future.

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Speaking at the Ghana Economic Forum in Accra on Wednesday, October 26, 2022, he said, “with respect to the total food stock we have as a reserve for the country for 2020/2021, it was just 8.2%. What that basically means is that, if our current production cannot meet our needs...it's indeed very scary and we need to have a rethinking."

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He urged government to focus on building the capacity of smallholder farmers to produce more.

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