The FAO Assistant Director-General assured FAO’s continued close collaboration with the Government of Ghana
ACCRA, Ghana, June 18, 2025/APO Group/ --
FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Africa Abebe Haile-Gabriel met today with the Minister for Food and Agriculture of Ghana, Honourable Eric Opoku, at the Ministry’s headquarters in Accra.

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) bilateral meeting with Minister for Food and Agriculture of Ghana Honourable Eric Opoku
The FAO Assistant Director-General assured FAO’s continued close collaboration with the Government of Ghana.
Discussions covered key upcoming global and regional milestones including the FAO 80th anniversary throughout 2025, the 44th Session of the FAO Conference to be held in Rome from 28 June to 4 July 2025, the World Food Forum scheduled for October 2025, FAO's global exhibition ‘From Seeds to Foods’ and the launch of the FAO Museum, both also scheduled in October during the World Food Forum, and the ongoing Country Office strengthening process to enhance FAO's delivery as One FAO.
The pair reaffirmed the long-standing partnership between FAO and Ghana and exchanged views on collaborating on priority areas for joint action, particularly the Feed Ghana Programme, launched by the Government with a view to boosting agricultural production, creating jobs, and reducing food imports.
“The two of us have a common goal: achieving food security and nutrition for everybody,” the Minister said.
FAO and Ghana have a special relationship because the FAO regional headquarters for Africa is based in Accra, as well as the FAO Ghana country office. This makes FAO the largest UN agency in Ghana.
“We see FAO's Regional Office for Africa as a huge blessing to the nation. This is an opportunity for us to impact on the lives of the people,” the Minister said.
FAO is currently supporting a range of initiatives in Ghana, including improving food security response in northern Ghana in partnership with the European Union, supporting women fonio producers, strengthening the soybean value chain under the One Country One Priority Product initiative, enhancing fisheries governance, and preventing transboundary animal diseases, among others.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): Regional Office for Africa.
This is real. Somaliland is going forward and nothing can stop them to be a nation that was formed by its people.
It's the time the world community to smell reality. Accept the wishes of Somaliland people or force them to a failed state which the people of Somaliland will never go for. So, what is it that you are waiting? A war between the two brotherly Country? The IC has to get together and find a lasting solution where these two sister Countries can live side by side peacefully.
i agree
A ranking hierarchy comes with higher standards in the nation's various forces. Our men and women in uniform set the bars too high not only for East African countries but for all Africans in general..
LOL, what a joke. Do giving people ranks in a militia really change the status of non-recognition.
The UN is about to debate lifting the arms embargo for Somalia, and since you have distanced your self from us (the people of Somalia). Your militia will not get professional training or new equipment. Well at least not anyone affiliated with this pretend government. People except it the current SomaliLand is dead, as in will be toppled soon from within, by the Somali people who wish to let go the past and move on to better things for their region. No region with in Somalia will get IC recognition, that is fact.
Some believe giving some tribal militants imaginary titles that they discovered from television will actually fool people and make them believe they are part of a "real state with titles".
Its getting worse and worse…as their lies run out, they announcing more ridiculous things than ever…
There is no even a military college with IC standards, no one recognizes their titles like their imaginary Disneysland….
This joke is no different than Disney Channel's imaginary movies where certain characters hold certain titles…such as Ice Princess, Captain whatever…