19+ hour, 54+ min ago   (550+ words) Stakeholders in the poultry value chain last Tuesday converged on Tamale, the Northern Regional capital, to deliberate on developing a strategic master plan to transform and strengthen the country's poultry sector. The proposed plan is expected to serve as a…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (403+ words) The National Vice-President of the Poultry Farmers Association, Boris Baidoo, has indicated that Ghana's poultry industry must focus on innovation rather than subsidies if it is to thrive. He said this in an interview with the Daily Graphic when he…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (511+ words) President John Dramani Mahama yesterday cut the sod for the construction of a multi-purpose poultry and feed processing facility at Bechem in the Ahafo Region, heralding a new era for the country's poultry industry. The project, a signature investment under…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (537+ words) The government will release 10 million birds onto the local market before the end of 2025 as part of measures to stabilise the poultry sector and reduce dependence on imports, the Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has said. Speaking in…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (563+ words) President John Dramani Mahama has pledged his government's full commitment to revitalising Ghana's poultry industry, setting an ambitious target of achieving 100 per cent self-sufficiency in chicken production within the next three years. The President made the declaration on Friday, September…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1185+ words) Ghana once stood as a beacon of poultry self-sufficiency in West Africa. In the 1970s and 1980s, poultry farms across the country employed tens of thousands, while the industry supported a thriving ecosystem of maize and soya farmers, feed millers, veterinary suppliers,…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (868+ words) Ghana's poultry sector is at a crossroads. Once a vibrant pillar of national food security and rural livelihoods, the industry has suffered a prolonged decline'driven by poor policy coordination, unregulated imports, escalating feed costs and a breakdown in value chain…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (556+ words) The fifth edition of Ghana Poultry Day has been held with the aim of promoting local poultry production, consumption and investment in the sector. Organised by the Agrihouse Foundation, the event highlighted the urgent need to scale up domestic poultry…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (937+ words) While the introduction of the "Akok" Nketenkete" Poultry Farm-to-Table Programme is commendable, the scale of Ghana's poultry challenges requires a far more coordinated and comprehensive response. Achieving an ambitious target such as replacing 25 per cent of poultry imports with local…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (476+ words) The roadmap for a training programme that sets the stage for the nationwide rollout of the ambitious young poultry and livestock farmers initiative has been launched . It is under the Feed Ghana flagship programme. The initiative, a public-private partnership (PPP),…...