The decision of the Adhoc Management Committee of the Reserve to initiate the technical rotation of stocks brought to stores in 2017 led to a first operation on December 28, 2018 in Ghana under an agreement between ECOWAS and the Government for the supply of food products to school feeding programs. This operation tested the general rules of technical rotation with 2,750 tons of cereals composed of maize, millet, sorghum and white rice.

In line with its commitment at the highest level to replenish grain-for-grain the stock made available to them, the Government of Ghana has started the process of replenishing the stock of the Regional Food Security Reserve. Other countries that benefited from the Reserve products should also follow Ghana's example in the coming months.

Pending the Community resources to cover for the activities and interventions of the Reserve, ECOWAS must maintain the level of the currently acquired stocks (32,178.5 tons) thanks to the food security storage support project in West Africa funded by the European Union with a total budget of € 56 million.