Addressing the Gendered Impacts of Food Price Volatility in Ghana: Policy Options for Nutrition and Food Security
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Date
2025
Authors
Ofori, Isaac K.
Asmah, Emmanuel E.
Nsiah-Asamoah, Christiana N.
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AERC
Abstract
Food price volatility is undermining food security and nutrition in Ghana and requires immediate policy intervention (Ofori, Asmah & Nsiah-Asamoah, 2025). Climate shocks, global market disruptions, and exchange rate instability are driving food inflation and worsening food insecurity (von Grebmer et al., 2024; FAO, 2023). Female-headed households are hit hardest because they lack equal access to land, credit, inputs, and social protection. The government must act by tightening market stabilisation measures, investing in climate-resilient food systems, strengthening exchange-rate and import management policies, and expanding gender-responsive social protection and financial services to reduce these vulnerabilities.