Tag: Rearing for Food and Jobs
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Cut down livestock importation and support local farmers – Animal Scientist urges Gov’t
An Animal Scientist, Doris Yaa Osei, says Ghana cannot continue to import livestock worth millions of cedis annually, when local farmers have the ability to produce for local consumption. According to her, the importation of pork, poultry and cattle, has seen tremendous increase over the years, with some 740 million cedis spent on livestock importation…
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Egg producers call for gov’t support as COVID-19 slows down patronage
The Ghana National Poultry Farmers Association is calling on government to design a special package for poultry farmers engaged in egg production to end the current egg glut challenge caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the Association, over 500,000 crates of eggs currently lie in various markets going waste due to low patronage. This…