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Question Two
The COVID-19 pandemic is presenting unprecedented challenges for us all, from its effects on
our everyday lives to its impacts on the world’s economies. In response, the Government of
Ghana over the past months introduced several interventions to mitigate the effects on individuals
and institutions. Using the Value of Money (VFM) concept, evaluate any one of the
interventions. Your answer should include an overview of the interventions, the input, activities,
output and outcome measures, and the most appropriate VFM element(s).

Answer 1

Solution: The COVID-19 pandemic is presenting unprecedented challenges for all of us in our daily life from food to eamings and also from education to transportation. The Govemment of Ghana has found "shortfalls in the production of the major food crops, thus significantly affecting food and nutrition security in the country". So, the Government of Ghana has intervened assurance of the up gradation of the food industries and provide nutrition and also the security to the citizens of Ghana. For this Govemment of Ghana has evaluated the environment, science, and technology and brought various innovations towards placing measures to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 on food and nutrition while creating the estimation of every money spent to overcome the effect of pandemic. The country is expected to lose around 30% of its production due to the pandemic, so it has taken steps to keep the food available to every section and dimension of population. Looking at the nutrition emergency and assessment of various food risks, it stopped stocking... the food which is done by the private corporations and individuals in the country. The Local food production is provided support towards the operating of the technical skills and upgraded technologies to operate diverse nutritious food products and improves food production. The HỌCF (high quality cassava flour) for making kokonte, a meal item which is regularly consumed, agblema made from cassava dough. The bakery and pastry products industries are taken care. The textile and paper industries also benefited by Industrial cassava flour.

Other food items undertaken for the improvement are maize, rice, soya beans, and groundnuts. The fruits industries are introduced with technologies on pre-cooked yam chips and chunks, fruit cocktail drinks and juices of pineapple and other fruits like orange, mango, and lemon grass. The innovation like rice parboiling technology has been developed and transferred to people of northern Ghana to grow rice. The above details about the steps taken by Government of Ghana are well capable of improving the food and nutrition security of the people of Ghana.
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