US$4bn rice imports by West African countries untenable – Dep. Finance Minister

Deputy Minister for Finance, Thomas Nyarko Ampem has advised stakeholders participating in the 2026 West Africa Rice Investment Roundtable in Accra to close the gap between rice production and consumption to reduce huge imports of the grain. He revealed that West African countries spend about US$3 to 4 billion annually importing rice, a situation that […]

By Lawrence Segbefia