Tag: Ghana Poultry Project
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Poultry farmers urged to employ modern trends to reduce production cost
President of the Greater Accra Poultry Farmers Association, Mr. Michael Nyarko Ampem has urged poultry farmers in the country to employ new and effective methods in poultry management to reduce production cost. According to him, for players in the poultry farming business to be successful, they needed to exercise a high level of management in…
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Gov’t is committed to revamping poultry industry – Dep. Agric Minister
Apart from efforts being made by the government to revamp the country’s local rice sector, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture says it is also taking steps to revamp Ghana’s poultry industry which is also struggling due to huge chicken imports and lack of support. The policy, which is under government’s Planting for Food and…
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Ghana Poultry Project supports women-led poultry production activities
For nearly a decade, the Ghana poultry sector has contracted due to the decreasing profitability of egg and meat production. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), domestically produced broiler meat fell from nearly 60 percent of all poultry consumed in Ghana in 2000 to 20 percent in 2011. At…