FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 04/01 - GHANA (27 March)
Planting of the first maize crop is underway in the south and progressing northwards with the arrival of the rains.
Reflecting poor growing conditions in 2000, the food supply situation is tight in some areas. The government announced its plans to halve its rice imports in 2001 by developing more than one million hectares of inland valleys for rice production. About 10 000 Liberian and up to 2 500 Sierra Leoneans refugees remain in the country.
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