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  "id": 12636604,
  "title": "Ghana targets rice self-sufficiency by 2028 as government secures $18.8m AfDB grant",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/ghana-targets-rice-self-sufficiency-by-2028-as-government-secures-18-12636604",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-07T13:05:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Joy Business",
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    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/ghana-targets-rice-self-sufficiency-by-2028-as-government-secures-18-8m-afdb-grant/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Ghana is targeting full self-sufficiency in rice production by 2028 as the government steps up efforts to close the country’s 44% rice supply gap. Minister of Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, says the government is targeting total paddy rice production of 3.31 million metric tonnes by 2028, with the aim of ending the country’s reliance […]",
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        "title": "Ghana targets rice self-sufficiency by 2028 as government secures $18.8m AfDB grant",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/ghana-targets-rice-self-sufficiency-by-2028-as-government-secures-18",
        "published": "2026-10-07T13:05:28.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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