Benin Mwangi at the Cheetah Index, comments on rice imports in Ghana.
There is not really an inherent problem with Ghana or any other African nation importing rice from other countries. However, if enough of it is imported, then it puts downward price pressure on Ghana's local agricultural producers who are the engine of the country's economy. One reason for this is because the long grain rice coming into Ghana from abroad is typically sold below what it would cost to produce the same quantities and qualities of rice in Ghana. In the US this is possible because of government subsidies to farmers, which cause large surpluses and in Asia it is presumed to be because of the low cost of labor and the largely intact road infrastructure.
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