Maize farmers in the Bono region fear the loss of their livelihoods and investment, due to a maize glut.
Abandoned grain silos, low pricing and market has been the challenge in the harvesting season.
Data from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) indicate Ghana loses close to 30 per cent of its grains and cereals, due to post harvest losses, and the situation is not different from what prevails at Wenchi currently.
Government silos for storing these grains have been abandoned, and the glut, has led to a reduction in the market price.
The 2018 Best Farmer in the Wenchi municipality, Robert Nsiah, lamented over the pain the farmers are going through over the maize glut.
The Secretary of the Wenchi Local Maize Aggregators, Kwame Adomako Asiedu explained that, the government should intervene.
A lecturer at the Department of Agriculture, Methodist University Ghana, Wenchi Campus, Fred Newman Coleman emphasized the need for knowledge on storage facilities and management of glut.
The Wenchi Municipal Agric Director, Emmanuel Kwabena Afful also implore upon the government to complete the abandoned warehouse at the Wenchi Buffer Stock zone which was being undertaken by the previous government under the One-District-One-Warehouse initiative to boost food security.
Story by Richard Adu Manu
