The number of people who experienced food insecurity in the country in the second quarter of this year reduced, a survey by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has said.
According to the Annual Household Income and Expenditure Survey (AHIES), nearly half (49.1%) of the population representing 15.1 million people experienced food insecurity in the first quarter of 2022.
This reduced to 13.0 million (42.1%) in the second quarter of the year. The prevalence of food insecurity is higher in rural areas than urban areas.
In the first quarter of 2022, the prevalence of food insecurity in four regions in the northern part of the country [Savannah (58.8%), Upper West (61.8%), North East (65.6%) and Upper East (73.7%)] are more than twice that of Greater Accra Region (27.2%).
The survey said all regions experienced reduction in food insecurity between quarters one and two except for Upper West Region (55.0 % to 61.8%).
Oti and Western North region experienced the largest declines of 19.6 and 18.7 percentage points respectively.
The GSS survey also said between quarters one (12.3%) and two (6.4%), severe food insecurity reduced by almost half. The decline is higher for rural households.
Prevalence of severe food insecurity is highest in North East Region (32.9%) and lowest in Eastern Region (7.3%).
Nine regions recorded higher severe food insecurity prevalence than the national prevalence (12.3%).
The Annual Household Income and Expenditure Survey (AHIES) is the first nationally representative high-frequency household panel survey in Ghana.
The AHIES is being conducted to obtain quarterly and annual data on household final consumption expenditure and a wide scope of demographic, economic and welfare variables including statistics on labour, food security, multidimensional poverty and health status for research, policy, and planning.
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