The Agriculture Minister, Bryan Acheampong, says its preliminary assessment reveals massive destruction of farm crops in eight regions following the onset of the dry spell.
They are: Bono, Bono East, Oti, Northern, NorthEast, Savannah, Upper-East, and Upper-West regions
The prolonged lack of rain has left farms parched and crops withered, endangering the livelihoods of farmers and posing a serious threat to food security in the northern regions.
Some farmers in the northern regions say they are struggling to salvage their dwindling harvests.
They explained that the absence of rainfall from July to August has left their fields barren, casting uncertainty over their future as they depend entirely on rain-fed agriculture.
As the situation worsens, farmers are urgently calling for intervention from the government and agricultural organizations to help mitigate the impact of the dry spell.
During a tour of the affected areas on Wednesday, Mr Acheampong assured farmers that the government would soon implement measures to mitigate the impact of the dry spell.
Read also: Farmers count their losses as dry spell jeopardises crop yields
He acknowledged that while the Ghana Meteorological Agency had warned of the dry spell, its duration and severity had been underestimated, adding that the ministry “received a weekly report on the state of the dry spell in the northern region.”
“In Bono, Bono East, Oti and the five northern regions, farmers crops have been destroyed. So as a ministry, we must intervene and assist the farmers who have lost their crops due to the dry spell,” he said.
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