Member of Parliament for Zebilla, Ebenezer Alumire Ndebilla has has urged government and stakeholders in agriculture to adopt climate-resilient strategies to safeguard food production, especially in Northern Ghana.
In an exclusive interview on Channel One Newsroom, he reiterated his concerns over the growing threat of climate change, particularly erratic rainfall patterns that are disrupting crop cycles and threatening food security.
According to him, the unpredictability of rainfall has made traditional farming methods unreliable, and urgent steps must be taken to mitigate the risks.
He emphasised the need for adaptive measures such as irrigation systems to support farmers during the dry season, adding that northern Ghana plays a vital role in the country’s food supply.
“A crop that takes three months to mature, you produce it, and because the rains have been delayed and you are starting it late, then two months later the rains stop and you are in trouble. That is something that is very key to me that I think that we as a government and as individuals, we have to begin to think through and look at how best we can promote and look at more adaptative strategies that we can employ to ensure that the people of the north continue to produce food sufficiently.
“What we should know is that the north produces about 50% of the food products that we eat in this country. It is imperative for the government and all individuals who are concerned with food production to be concerned so that we begin to look at adaptive measures such as irrigation facilities that can help people to continue to produce even in the dry season,” he said.
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