4+ hour, 13+ min ago   (374+ words) The 24-Hour Economy and Accelerated Export Development Secretariat has brokered a US$270 million investment agreement to revitalise Ghana’s poultry industry, expand domestic production and reduce the country’s dependence on imported chicken. ‎Speaking at the signing ceremony in Accra on Thursday,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (401+ words) An agripreneur in the Asene Manso Akroso District of the Eastern Region, Edward Ansah, has appealed to the government to establish a poultry processing plant in the district to address marketing challenges facing local poultry farmers. He said the facility…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (320+ words) The Animal Welfare League has called on the government to promote cage free poultry farming instead of battery-cage systems, arguing that Ghana's traditional nkokɔ nkitinkiti method offers a more humane and sustainable approach to raising chickens. The appeal was made…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (320+ words) The Animal Welfare League has called on the government to promote free-range poultry farming instead of battery-cage systems, arguing that Ghana's traditional nkokɔ nkitinkiti method offers a more humane and sustainable approach to raising chickens. The appeal was made during…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (629+ words) Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has defended the government's Nkoko Nkitinkiti poultry initiative, insisting the programme remains successful despite reports that some beneficiaries have consumed the chickens they received instead of raising them for income generation. Speaking on JoyNews…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (481+ words) The Chief Executive Officer of Rockland Farms, Edith Akosah Wheathland, says the company has integrated nearly 8,000 smallholder maize farmers into its poultry value chain as part of efforts to reduce production costs, increase local chicken output and lessen Ghana's dependence…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (341+ words) Ghana's poultry sector has recorded only marginal growth, with self-sufficiency inching from 10% to 12%, according to Dr Dan Acquaye, Chief Executive Officer of Agri-Impact Limited. The revelation comes as stakeholders question whether the country can feed itself. Dr Acquaye made the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (977+ words) The Chief Executive Officer of Rockland Farms, Edith Akosah Wheatland, has called for a long-term, legally backed roadmap to guide the implementation of the government's Nkoko Nkitinkiti initiative, arguing that Ghana's poultry industry cannot be transformed through short-term interventions. Speaking…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (370+ words) The National Coordinator of the Feed Ghana Programme, Bright Demordzi, says the government's Nkoko Nkitinkiti initiative is a strategic import substitution programme aimed at increasing domestic poultry production, creating jobs and reducing Ghana's dependence on imported chicken. As part of…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (681+ 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…...