The engagement was to introduce the media practitioners to the rolling out a combination of adaptive, innovative, and sustainable interventions through the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to support vulnerable households, farmers, and communities to withstand shocks in food production and distribution in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region.

The FSRP Project Coordinator, Mr. Osei Owusu Agyeman, explained that countries within the West African sub-region faced common natural and social phenomena like floods, droughts, pests, livestock diseases, pandemics and civil wars, which impeded food production and distribution in the sub region.

He said that was why ECOWAS and the World Bank found it expedient to coordinate efforts among its member nations to strengthen food system risk management in the sub region, leading to the establishment of the West Africa Food System Resilience Programme (FSRP).

Explaining the objectives of the project, the FSRP Operations Manager, Mr. Philip Laryea, said FSRP Ghana was focusing primarily on the intensified production, marketing and consumption of wholesome Rice, Maize, Broiler Poultry, Soyabeans and Tomatoes.

Therefore, preparations were fast advancing to construct or refurbish pivotal value chain facilities across the country, including food and agric-related laboratories, irrigation schemes; selected border posts; warehouses and markets.

The Communications and Knowledge Management Specialist of FSRP, Mr Earl Ankrah, told the senior journalists that the engagement was also to solicit their opinions and input for policy planning, implementation and communication.
FSRP is a World Bank and Government of Ghana driven food system risk management project, coordinated by

It draws synergies from regional participating countries - Burkina Faso, Togo, Ghana, Niger, Mali, Chad, Sierra Leone and Senegal; and national agencies, including Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet), Ghana Irrigation Development Authority (GIDA), and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).