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Dorcas Ankomah••305 words · 2 min read How did a military leader's question about land and rain turn Ghana into a rice exporter?
Sir Sam Jonah credits Ignatius Kutu Acheampong's 'Operation Feed Yourself' for ending Ghana's rice imports in 1975-76.
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