Data from the 2022 Annual Household Income and Expenditure Survey has revealed that 49.1 percent of the Ghanaian population was food insecure in the first quarter of the year.
This represents 15.1 million of the 30.8 million persons in Ghana.
The percentage however dropped by 7 percentage points to 42.1 percent in the second quarter; 13 million of the total Ghanaian populace, with the prevalence of food insecurity is higher in rural areas than urban areas.
The Annual Household Income and Expenditure Survey is the first nationally representative high-frequency household panel survey in Ghana.
The Survey, conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service, is being conducted to obtain quarterly and annual data on household final consumption expenditure and a wide scope of demographic, economic and welfare variables including statistics on labour, food security, multi-dimensional poverty and health status for research, policy, and planning.
Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Agribusiness Ghana , Anthony Morrison stated that the situation is worrying and is a result of the government’s negligence in the agriculture sector.
Story by Janelle Jones
