Tag: Greater Accra Poultry Framers Association
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Poultry farmers still not compensated after bird flu outbreak in July 2021
None of the over two thousand members of the Greater Accra Poultry Farmers Association has received compensation following an outbreak of bird flu that affected their farms sometime in July last year. This development comes despite the fact that the government in January this year announced a GH¢14 million compensation for farmers whose livestock were…
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Poultry farmers blame reoccurrence of bird flu on delayed disinfection exercise
Members of the Greater Accra Poultry Farmers Association are blaming Ghana’s Veterinary Service for the reoccurrence of the bird flu outbreak across various regions in the country. They say the pour nature of the disinfection exercise caused the flu to affect more farms. According to the association, the veterinary service after destroying affected birds failed…
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Poultry farmers yet to be compensated despite GH¢44M allocation to fight bird flu
Poultry Framers say they are yet to receive compensation for the outbreak of bird flu that hit the country sometime in July 2021. The ministry of Agric last year announced the government will compensate affected farmers by partially covering the losses of farmers whose activities have been affected by the disease. The government on the…
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Local poultry farmers optimistic industry will grow following reversal of benchmark policy
Following the government’s decision to implement the cancellation of the 50% Benchmark value reduction policy on some 43 selected items including poultry, the Greater Accra Poultry Farmers Association is confident, the policy measure will boost the local poultry industry. The growth of the Poultry Industry in the country over the period has suffered due to…