Ghana Launches $18.8 Million Rice Project Targeting 20,000 Farmers
The AfDB-backed REWARD project aims to expand local rice production, processing and market access in northern Ghana.
Ghana has launched an $18.8 million programme to strengthen the country's rice value chain and reduce dependence on imported rice.
The five-year Regional West Africa Resilient Rice Value Chains Development project, known as REWARD-Ghana, is supported by the African Development Bank. It is intended to benefit approximately 20,000 smallholder farmers in seven districts across four northern regions.
The programme includes improvements to production, seeds, mechanisation, processing and market connections. Officials say it is part of Ghana's broader ambition to move toward rice self-sufficiency by 2028, a target rather than an outcome already achieved.
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