7+ hour, 10+ min ago   (396+ words) The Member of Parliament for the Nkwanta Constituency in the Oti Region, Geoffrey Kini, has urged beneficiaries of the Nkoko Nkitinkiti initiative in Nkwanta South to adopt proper feeding and poultry management practices to ensure the sustainability of the programme....

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (706+ words) The Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Accra Poultry Farmers Association, Ali Muhammed, says Ghana’s efforts to revive the poultry sector must go beyond government interventions and focus on fixing the underlying challenges affecting production. He argues that without a…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (280+ words) The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has urged beneficiaries of the government’s Nkoko Nkitinkiti initiative to treat the programme as a business venture by selling most of the birds they rear instead of consuming all of them. Speaking…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (350+ words) The Greater Accra Poultry Farmers Association says it was not consulted in the planning and implementation of the government’s Nkoko Nkitinkiti programme, despite its years of experience in the poultry industry. The Chief Executive Officer of the Association, Ali Mohammed,…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (137+ words) The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has expressed concern over reports that some households are immediately consuming birds distributed under the government’s Nkoko Nkitinkiti backyard poultry initiative. According to the Minister, slaughtering and consuming the birds shortly after…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (478+ words) A total of 210 households in the Adaklu District of the Volta Region have benefited from the government’s Nkoko Nkitinkiti poultry programme aimed at improving livelihoods, enhancing food security and reducing poverty among rural families. The beneficiaries received poultry birds under…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago   (464+ words) The Government has, so far, distributed 1.7 million poultry birds to farmers across the country under the Feed Ghana Programme, popularly known as “Nkoko Nkitinkiti”. John Dumelo, Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, made this known on the floor of Parliament…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (334+ words) Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has called for an end to Ghana’s dependence on imported frozen chicken, arguing that increased local production would benefit the country’s economy and poultry industry. According to the Minister, information available to him…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (334+ words) The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has announced that government is partnering with a private investor to establish a poultry processing centre aimed at creating a ready market for poultry farmers across the country. According to the Minister,…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (292+ words) Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has expressed confidence that Ghana can become self-sufficient in poultry production within the next three to four years if ongoing investments in the sector are sustained. According to him, the establishment of more…...