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Adopt alternative feed ingredients - Research scientist to poultry sector
9+ hour, 25+ min ago (495+ words) Senior Research Scientist at the Animal Research Institute of the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-ARI), Vida Lamptey, has urged stakeholders in the poultry sector to adopt non-conventional feed ingredients and agro-industrial by-products. That, she said, would reduce feed…...
Ghana moves to revamp poultry sector with investment-driven master plan
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (518+ words) Stakeholders in Ghana's agriculture sector have called for a bold, practical, and investment-driven National Poultry Master Plan to transform the industry and reduce the country's heavy reliance on imports. Speaking at the Ghana Poultry Master Plan Stakeholders' Dialogue (Southern Zone)…...
Work on investment-driven poultry master plan starts
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (541+ words) Stakeholders in the agricultural sector have called for a bold, practical, and investment-driven national poultry master plan to transform the industry and reduce the country's heavy reliance on imports. Speaking at the Southern Zone edition of the Ghana Poultry Master…...
EU supports Feed Ghana Programme with 150, 000 poultry birds
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (532+ words) The European Union (EU) has donated 150, 000 fully vaccinated poultry birds, along with feed and essential veterinary medicines, to 3, 000 farmers across six districts in the Savannah, Upper East and North East Regions. The intervention seeks to boost the poultry sector, reduce…...
Nkoko Nketenkete initiative brings hope to KEEA: Farmers receive 10, 000 chickens
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (629+ words) EXci TEMENT and renewed hope filled the air at Dompoase in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipality of the Central Region as dozens of residents gathered to receive broiler chickens under the government's Nkoko Nketenkete initiative last week Tuesday to commence their…...
First time I'm hearing this' " Agric Minister questions parallel poultry programme
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (444+ words) The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Mr Eric Opoku, has said he was unaware of a separate government poultry programme being implemented under another ministry and will engage his colleague to seek clarification and ensure alignment. Mr Opoku indicated that…...
Tema Metro Assembly rolls out backyard poultry initiative - Distributes chicks to 300 households
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (465+ words) The Tema Metropolitan Assembly has distributed chicks to 300 registered farmers in the first phase of the Nkok" Nkitinkiti Programme, with each beneficiary receiving between 30 and 40 birds under the government's flagship poultry revitalisation initiative. The distribution exercise forms part of a…...
Stakeholders work at transforming poultry sector
4+ mon, 1+ week 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…...
Innovation, not subsidy, the future of poultry " Boris Baidoo
5+ mon, 9+ hour 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…...
Under 'Feed Ghana' programme: $400m Poultry big break inaugurated - President touts import substitution project
6+ mon, 2+ 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…...