Dr. Bryan Acheampong
Former Minister for Food and Agriculture and New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful, Dr. Bryan Acheampong, has cautioned that the country could face rising food prices and possible shortages in the coming months, blaming the situation on what he says is the government’s failure to procure fertiliser ahead of the new farming season.
Addressing party delegates during the final leg of his Greater Accra regional tour on Saturday, January 17, 2026, Dr. Acheampong said the relative stability in food supply currently being enjoyed is largely the result of policies and interventions rolled out under the NPP’s Planting for Food and Jobs programme.
He warned that without timely procurement and distribution of fertiliser, coupled with adequate support for farmers, agricultural output could decline sharply, posing a serious threat to food security.
Dr. Acheampong explained that adverse weather conditions in 2024 meant fertilisers imported that year were largely unused.
However, when early rains arrived in 2025, farmers applied those inputs, leading to what he described as a bumper harvest.
“That outcome was not accidental; it was part of the NPP’s strategic planning,” he said.
According to him, the fertilisers used in 2025 should have been restocked and reserved to support production in 2026, but this, he claimed, did not happen. As a result, farmers are now facing shortages at the start of a new planting season.
“With the current fertiliser gap, food production will be affected, and by mid-2026, Ghanaians should expect food prices to rise,” Dr. Acheampong warned, urging urgent intervention to avert what he described as an avoidable crisis.
A Business Desk Report