G/R: Validation Workshop Held to Strengthen Food and Promote Dietary Diversity
The Ministry of Climate Change and Sustainability, in collaboration with the Ghana National Plant-Based Food Initiative, has organized a Stakeholders Validation Workshop on Ghana's National Plant-Based Food System Action Plan. The plan is aimed at promoting the production and consumption of Ghanaian-grown indigenous local foods. Speaking at the event, the Minister of State for Climate Change and Sustainability, Hon. Seidu Issifu, said the validation workshop would help improve local indigenous production, promote dietary diversity, strengthen food security, improve farmers' livelihoods, and integrate climate action. He added that it would ensure the plan reflects national priorities for implementation. He emphasized that Ghana's agricultural sector is facing growing threats from climate change, including erratic rainfall, floods, and declining soil quality, and noted that addressing these challenges requires coordinated action across agriculture, nutrition, healthy food, an...