Eight regions of northern Ghana have been hit by the worst drought in 40 years. Small-scale farmers without insurance are losing their crops. As food shortages looms, the government has made available a grant of $500 million for affected farmers and banned food exports.
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01:54It is time that we go beyond rainfall agriculture.
01:59Rain-fed agriculture, much as it is the easiest practice,
02:03comes with greater consequences.
02:05And these consequences are what we are experiencing today.
02:08And the challenge is that irrigated agriculture
02:12and relying on underground water for agricultural purposes
02:15just seem quite expensive for the ordinary smallholder farmer.