The Ministry of Food and Agriculture says it will begin selling foodstuff within its premises to serve people in Accra.
Speaking during a meeting with farmers in Sefwi Wiaso in the Western North Region, the Minister for Agriculture, Owusu Afriyie Akoto indicated that the food will be straight from the farm gate to reduce the price build-up on the items.
“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.
As of September, inflation for food items stood at 37.8% while transport inflation stood at 43.6%.
Cereals and cereal products, from food like maize, had an inflation rate of 46%.
The minister has in the past called traders greedy because of the level of food inflation.
According to Dr. Afriyie Akoto, overprizing by merchants has been one factor contributing to inflation rather than a lack of food.
