Unavailability of maize, soya, and wheat collapsing our business - Ghana Poultry Farmers bemoan

Published 2021년 7월 14일

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The Greater Accra Poultry Farmers Association (GAFA) is warning of a total shutdown in Ghana's poultry industry due to a cereal shortage, including maize, soya, and wheat. This shortage is causing production challenges and increasing the cost of poultry feed. GAFA is urgently calling on the government to intervene and are willing to sign Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with cereal suppliers and feed millers to keep their businesses operational.
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• There's a looming total shutdown in the poultry industry • This was made known by the Greater Accra Poultry Farmers Association • They are calling on government to swiftly come to their aid to make them remain in business Greater Accra Poultry Farmers Association (GAFA) has said the poultry industry is on the verge of collapsing due to the unavailability of cereals such as maize, soya, and wheat. President of the Greater Accra Poultry Farmers Association, Michael Nyarko Ampem said government needs to pay critical attention to the poultry industry to save over 1,000 businesses from collapsing. In an interview with CitiNews, Mr Nyarko said, “We do not have the cereals such as maize, soya and the wheat brand available to work. So, we are having intermittent shutdowns and what we see is that there is a looming total shutdown, and we want to avert that because GAFA alone has about 1,775 farmers, and we cannot have a situation where people whose businesses are just ...
Source: Ghanaweb

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