Minister for Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has stated that the statistics compiled by his outfit do not show that the prices of food have increased in the country.
He stated that the drought that occurred in the previous year affected supplies in the country and its impact would have been worse if not for the good harvest that was recorded in the northern part of the country.
"Nobody complained about the reducing size of kenkey until this year because there was a drought last year in the southern part of the country. A very heavy drought both in the major and minor seasons in the forest and southern part," he said.
“This year, fortunately, apart from the one month delay in the major season rains in the south, the rains have been excellent,” he added.
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The Minister for Agriculture said in spite of the negative things that some people are saying that there is going to be famine in the country, the state is experiencing a major rise in food production.
"We are on the caps of a boom in food production to the extent that if you monitor the Tamale market, for instance, prices are tumbling,” he said.
Recently, former President John Dramani Mahama predicted that the country is likely to experience famine very soon due to some failures by the government in the agricultural sector.