23
Feb
About 1.96 million Ghanaians are facing acute food and nutrition insecurity, the latest Food Security Update by the World Bank has revealed. This represents 6.1% of the total population facing acute food insecurity in West and Central Africa. Ghana is thus ranked 9th in the region with the highest population facing acute food and nutrition insecurity According to recent estimates by the Cadre Harmonisé, approximately 34.7 million people (7.8% of the total population) in West and Central Africa were facing acute food and nutrition insecurity as of November 2023. The breakdown of the 10 most-affected countries according to share of…