{
  "id": 17012732,
  "title": "Feature: Religion Was Used To Conquer Africa -Food Is Next",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/feature-religion-was-used-to-conquer-africa-food-is-next",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T05:22:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Chronicle Ghana",
    "slug": "the-chronicle-ghana",
    "url": "https://thechronicle.com.gh/feature-religion-was-used-to-conquer-africa-food-is-next/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In the past, Africa's land was taken while its people were taught to pray. Now, the threat has shifted from the pulpit to the farm gate. Ghana currently relies on imports for over 95 percent of its agricultural inputs, including fertilizers, pesticides, and improved seeds. In March 2026, the price of urea increased by more than half due to Middle Eastern conflict, leading the government to transition from subsidized to free fertilizers to maintain crop production. Simultaneously, farmers are abandoning traditional, natural methods that sustained their ancestors. Weedicide has taken the place of the cutlass, chemical fertilizers have replaced the fallow period, and purchased seed has supplanted seed kept by grandparents above the hearth. Ghana has approved its first genetically modified crops and implemented a seed law that critics claim benefits commercial breeders over farmers.",
  "summary": "Whoever controls our seed, our soil and our stomach will control our future. A warning to Ghanaians and Africans. Africa once lost its land while its people were being taught to pray. Today the threat has moved from the pulpit to the farm gate. Ghana now depends on imports for more than 95 per cent […] The post Feature: Religion Was Used To Conquer Africa -Food Is Next appeared first on The…",
  "key_points": [
    "Ghana imports 95% of its agricultural inputs",
    "Urea price doubled in March 2026",
    "Farmers shift to chemical methods, GM crops"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The shift toward imported inputs and genetically modified seeds signals a transition from spiritual conquest to a new era of agricultural dependency that favors commercial breeders over traditional farming practices.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}