{"id":729702,"date":"2019-10-23T15:12:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T15:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/23\/accra-poultry-farmers-observe-egg-day\/"},"modified":"2019-10-23T15:12:54","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T15:12:54","slug":"accra-poultry-farmers-observe-egg-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/23\/accra-poultry-farmers-observe-egg-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Accra Poultry Farmers Observe Egg Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Some members of GAPFA distributing the boiled eggs to the pupils<\/strong><\/p>\n

THE GREATER Accra Poultry Farmers
\nAssociation (GAPFA) recently commemorated World Egg Day with pupils and
\nteachers of the Odorkor MacClean Cluster of Schools. <\/p>\n

The celebration, held at the forecourt
\nof the school\u2019s premises, saw the farmers presenting boiled eggs to the pupils.<\/p>\n

In a keynote address read on his behalf,
\npresident of GAPFA, Abu Yaw Aidoo, explained the essence in egg consumption and
\nhow much it contributed positively to the health of people, stressing that it
\nis important for us to take the production and consumption of eggs more
\nseriously. <\/p>\n

He highlighted the health and
\nnutritional benefits in the consumption of eggs and reiterated that increased
\negg production and consumption in a developing country such as Ghana could
\nsignificantly improve food and nutrition security.<\/p>\n

He appealed to the government to give
\nthe poultry industry more attention by making more resources available for the
\ndevelopment and expansion of the business and as part of the government\u2019s
\nschool feeding programme provide eggs as an essential part of the food provided
\nto the pupils.<\/p>\n

Headmistress of the Odorkor Maclean
\nBasic School, Doris Berkoh, received the eggs on behalf of the pupils and
\napplauded GAPFA for their gesture. <\/p>\n

World Egg Day is an international event that celebrates eggs around the world, on the second Friday in October every year. The day offers a unique opportunity to raise awareness of the nutritional benefits that is derived from its consumption.<\/p>\n

BY Samuel Boadi <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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