{"id":2228,"date":"2024-08-29T07:01:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T07:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/?p=2228"},"modified":"2024-08-29T07:04:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T07:04:36","slug":"farmers-in-upper-west-region-cry-for-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/2024\/08\/29\/farmers-in-upper-west-region-cry-for-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmers in Upper West Region cry for help."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Farmers in the Upper West Region cry for help after the Burkina Faso\u2019s dam spillage destroyed their crops and took over their lands. The spillage is now extending to the main road and city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"2232\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gistme.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_3635.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2232 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/300;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The farmers are begging the government for a quick intervention in order to recuse them and the country at large from this plight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These regions are basically the food basket of the country. That\u2019s to say, if government doesn\u2019t intervene quickly, there\u2019s a high probability of food shortages and hike of foodstuffs in the&nbsp;&nbsp;coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"382\" data-id=\"2233\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gistme.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_3636.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2233 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/382;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon hearing this, the government is negotiating and urging parliament to grant $500m to recuse the situation to help relive the loss of the farmlands and grains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Farmers in the Upper West Region and Northern Region cry for help after the Burkina Faso\u2019s dam spillage destroyed their crops and took over their lands. The spillage is now extending to the main road and city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2228"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2235,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228\/revisions\/2235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}