The ongoing spillage of excess water from the Akosombo and Kpong Dams in the Eastern Region of Ghana, which has lasted for weeks, has not only destroyed infrastructure and displayed large numbers of people, but the activity has also destroyed several hectares of farmlands, including banana plantations.

At Asutuare in the Shai Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region, the floods have submerged large hectares of banana farms in the Volta River Estates Limited (VREL) located at Asutuare, with most of the crops destroyed beyond recovery.

According to Ebenezer Dotse Narobi Jnr, Plantation Manager at VREL, the flood occurred two weeks after vast fertilizer was applied on the farms.