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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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Coronavirus: A threat to Ghana’s aged farmers and national food security (Ghana Times) 

April 22, 2020


Ghana Times reported on the COVID-19 pandemic. A community spread of the pandemic in Ghana could create a situation comparable to the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak which disrupted food systems and increased food insecurity in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea between 2013 and 2016. The 2018 IFPRI Report,  Competitiveness of the Ghanaian vegetable sector, reported increasing annual imports of onion, chili, and tomato from neighboring countries. This, coupled with the coronavirus threat, presents a bleak picture for Ghana’s future food self-sufficiency.  Republished in IPP Media.

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