Ghana Rice Brands You Need To Know Of And Where To Buy Them From.

Ghana rice is getting major talk time on social media especially after news broke of local rice farmers in the North unable to find buyers and sufficient storage space for almost 60,000 bags of rice. The tragic news led to CitiFm launching a campaign to get more Ghanaians to buy and eat local rice to support our local rice farmers. This campaign is also coming on the heels of their recently launched “ Operation Feed Yourself” which is also aimed at encouraging more Ghanaians to venture into agribusiness.

Ghana Rice Campaign

Following this campaign, there’s a growing online conversation around Ghana rice and how poorly it’s marketed leading to insufficient knowledge of where to buy the rice for local consumption. 

 So in the spirit of sharing and promoting our local rice, here’s a list of places to buy Ghana rice and also their associated prices. 

Royal Farmers by AVNASH Industries is available at most Melcom stores. Call them on toll free 0800100900.

Champion Long Grain Rice & Ofie Rice distributor :

This is a rice distributor located at Madina New Road and she has in stock the following local rice products and their specific bag sizes and prices; Ofie Special Ghana Rice at 5kg is GHC35,  Champion Long Grain Rice is GHC 37 whilst Copa Rice is GHC35. For 25kgs: Ofie rice is GHC 55, GHC165 for Champion Rice and GHC 175 for Copa 5 by 5 . Contact the distributor on 0274742407.

Aduanehene by Wienco

Aduanehene can be found in most Melcom store branches, distributors of the rice are in Kaneshie, , Madina, Strive Enterprises at Ministries, Sogakope, and Kasoa. There’s also delivery services for larger quantities of rice. Here are some prices of Aduanehene Long grain rice:  5kgs bag is GHC 28 , 5bags in 1 sack is GHC 137 at retail price and same quantity for GHC132 at wholesale price. Contact them on 0243700628. 

Bongo Grains

This rice company is located near St. John’s ambulance on the Accra High Street. They are local producers of Long grain white and red rice. The bag sizes available are 5kgs bag of rice at GHC 34 and 25kgs bag at GHC 165. Distribution point is the Kaneshie Market.  Contact number is  0244429138.

Lomnava Rice

A local miller and distributor of locally grown white rice which comprises of 70% long grain and 30% broken rice. The company is located in Nungua and they have in stock the following rice bag sizes and prices: 5kgs bag rice at GHC 30, 25kgs at GHC 150 and 50kgs at GHC 290. Contact them on  0240908810

Mr Rabbit Jasmine Rice :  

This rice brand is locally grown by StrongMen Food & Farms Ltd. The rice factory is located at Akuse and currently producing  aromatic long grain rice and broken rice. Available bag sizes and prices are: 5kgs bag at GHC 25 to GHC30 and 25kgs at GHC 138-GHC 150 . The 50kgs is GHC150 and is based on request specifically for broken rice for bulk quantities. Broken rice is perfect for Omo Tuo, Waakye and Rice Water dishes. Mr. Rabbit Jasmine Rice products will be available at Melcom stores. It’s also available in local markets such as Madina market, Kasoa and Makola markets. Contact them on 0268969247.  

Other locally produced rice brands are DUQ Rice, , Worawora Rice and Nana’s Rice . Efforts to reach these companies were futile hence the inability to share more about their prices and distribution points. But if you see any of these rice brands, pick them up over the imported rice brands. 

Ghanaian rice companies can be more proactive in growing the interest and palate of Ghanaians for local rice by engaging nutritionists, food bloggers and other digital creators using recipe demonstrations, tasting sessions and other interactive food experiences. They can also collaborate with ante-natal departments of hospitals to build awareness around the nutritional aspect of Ghana rice for nursing moms who are about to wean their babies. Start the kids early on locally produced rice and they will develop the taste for it.

To be honest, Ghana rice is healthier and safer to consume than most rice imports. Let’s make that conscious decision to eat local to support our local farmers.

Do share any local rice brand in the comments if you know any not listed above. 💁🏽‍♀️