What military government program in the 1970s under Colonel I.K. Acheampong sought national food self-sufficiency?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Operation Feed Yourself (OFY)
- Step 1: Operation Feed Yourself was launched in 1972 by the National Redemption Council. Step 2. It mobilized urban residents, civil servants, and schools to cultivate backyard farms and grow domestic crops. Answer: Operation Feed Yourself (OFY). Why not the others: PFJ was launched in 2017; Workers' Brigade was an Nkrumah initiative; Structural Adjustment was an IMF/World Bank policy.
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