By Kofi Ahovi The World Food Programme (WFP) is to invest over US$22 million over a two year period to provide about 28,000 metric tons of food assistance to over 432,250 people in the three Northern Regions. NguuyenDuc Hoang, Head of Programme of the WFP, who announced this at the launch of the Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO) programme for Northern Ghana, said the three Northern regions remained the most food-insecure regions in the country. The theme for the launch of the programme which was "Building resilience for food security and nutrition in Northern Ghana” is to improve upon the food security and nutritional status of the three northern regions. Hoang said two surveys conducted between 2008 and 2009 informed the WFP in the formulation of the PRRO for Northern Ghana. The first nationwide food security survey known as the comprehensive food security and vulnerability analysis and an impact assessment of the global crisis on vulnerable househol...