Ghana secures $18.8m grant from AfDB to boost rice production, target self-sufficiency by 2028

8 million grant from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to increase local rice production and help the country achieve rice self-sufficiency by 2028.8 million AfDB grant to boost rice production, support more than 20,000 farmers and achieve rice self-sufficiency by 2028.

Ghana currently meets about 56% of its rice demand through local production and spends approximately $500 million annually on rice imports, according to GNA.