KpareKpare: A destructive bushfire has razed down another yam barn at KpareKpare, a farming community in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region, leaving farmers in the area counting their losses. The deadly incident which happened on Monday, February 04, 2025, has brought the total number of yam barns destroyed by bush fires in the electoral area to five in recent weeks.
According to Ghana News Agency, the latest fire outbreak has sparked widespread concerns among farmers in the area, who are appealing through the Ministry of Agriculture, government, and other stakeholders to come to their aid. Mr. Eric Akwasi Asumadu, a farmer who lost his entire yam stock to the fire, expressed difficulty in recovering from the loss and appealed to the authorities for assistance.
Five farmers, including Mr. Kwasia Anase Mensah, Mr. Tapo Nchaame, Mr. Adjei Yaw Agbeviako, and others, have been particularly hard hit by the fires. Mr. Mensah's entire yam barn was reduced to ashes on January 13, 2025, when a similar bushfire swept through the farm at KpareKpare, destroying his entire stock of yams and leaving him with nothing.
Mr. Nchaame's story was equally heartbreaking; he lost over 1,000 tubers of yam to a bushfire at Tapon-Akura earlier this year, resulting in a huge financial loss. For other farmers, the loss was not just financial but also emotional, as they had invested their time, sweat, and resources into their farms only to witness them go up in flames.
