{"id":3125,"date":"2024-08-21T22:11:16","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T22:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=3125"},"modified":"2024-08-21T22:11:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T22:11:16","slug":"agric-minister-discloses-widespread-crop-damage-in-8-regions-caused-by-dry-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=3125","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Agric Minister discloses widespread crop damage in 8 regions caused by dry weather&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"511\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/Mr-Bryan-Acheampong-511x424-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/Mr-Bryan-Acheampong-511x424-1.jpg 511w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/Mr-Bryan-Acheampong-511x424-1-300x249.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Agriculture Minister, Bryan Acheampong, says its preliminary assessment reveals massive destruction of farm crops in eight regions following the onset of the dry spell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are: Bono, Bono East, Oti, Northern, NorthEast, Savannah, Upper-East, and Upper-West regions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prolonged lack of rain has left farms parched and crops withered, endangering the livelihoods of farmers and posing a serious threat to food security in the northern regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Audio-2024-08-21-at-7.35.32-PM-online-audio-converter.com_.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Some farmers in the northern regions say they are struggling to salvage their dwindling harvests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Read also:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/food-shortage-looms-as-lack-of-rains-in-northern-region-threaten-food-sufficiency\/\">Food shortage looms as lack of rains in Northern Region threaten food sufficiency<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>They explained that the absence of rainfall from July to August has left their fields barren, casting uncertainty over their future as they depend entirely on rain-fed agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/dry-spell.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/dry-spell.png 1024w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/dry-spell-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/dry-spell-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As the situation worsens, farmers are urgently calling for intervention from the government and agricultural organizations to help mitigate the impact of the dry spell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a tour of the affected areas on Wednesday, Mr Acheampong assured farmers that the government would soon implement measures to mitigate the impact of the dry spell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read also:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/farmers-count-their-losses-as-dry-spell-jeopardises-crop-yields\/\">Farmers count their losses as dry spell jeopardises crop yields<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He acknowledged that while the Ghana Meteorological Agency had warned of the dry spell, its duration and severity had been underestimated, adding that the ministry \u201creceived a weekly report on the state of the dry spell in the northern region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn Bono, Bono East, Oti and the five northern regions, farmers crops have been destroyed. 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