Ghana Agricultural Association has petitioned to save the poultry sector from collapse

The Ghana Agricultural and Rural Development Journalists Association (GARDJA) has petitioned the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) to save the poultry sector from its current predicaments. The association is calling on authorities to address pressing issues such as unabated importation of frozen chicken, rising cost of production emanating from skyrocketing poultry feed inputs like maize, soy and wheat bran among things. “There is no doubt that the Ghanaian poultry industry is dying and currently on artificial life support. The quantity of chicken imported into the country has since the early 2000s risen steadily, contributing more than 50 percent of local demand annually. “As at the year 2000, Ghana imported only about 33,300 tonnes of poultry meat annually. By 2013, that figure had risen to 168,000 tonnes at a cost of over US$197million. Ghana currently spends an estimated US$380million (more than GH¢2billion) importing poultry meat every year, when about two ...