Ghana’s poultry sector receives massive investment

Aimed to revamp the industry and position it to curb recent imports, the Ghanaian government will invest some US$541 million to improve the poultry industry. The chief director at the country’s Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Robert Ankobia, told the B&FT that the investment is a step closer to achieving self-sufficiency in poultry meat products. The investment aims to expand domestic production from the current 50,000 mt per year to an envisaged 450,000 tonnes, and to increase the domestic poultry sector’s value from the existing US$62 million to US$562 million, according to Ankobia. The breakdown of the investment is as follows: US$20 million on technical assistance programmes in animal husbandry and health US$69 million on the expansion and upgrading of feed mills US$438 million to enhance access to finance and cost-sharing support for private investment in hatcheries and production expansion US$14.8 million aims to promote the expansion of SME processing in the areas of slaug...