Ghana earmarks 500 million cedis for grain storage silos

Wednesday 11th November 2026

By inAfrika Newsroom

Ghana has earmarked 500 million cedis to build food storage silos, Agriculture Minister Eric Opoku said in Tamale on 9 November. The government intends to use the storage for crops such as maize and rice, including surplus harvests that farmers struggle to sell.

Opoku told the launch of a separate rice production project that the government had already bought about 30,000 tonnes of maize for the national food buffer, the Ghana News Agency reported. The agency’s account gave no locations, capacity figures or construction dates for the silos.

The minister said the government wanted reserves that could cover two to three months of emergency needs. The National Food Buffer Stock Company, which operates under the agriculture ministry, is responsible for holding food reserves for emergencies and supplying government institutions.

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