{"id":747594,"date":"2019-11-19T15:51:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T15:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/19\/international-poultry-expo-held\/"},"modified":"2019-11-19T15:51:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T15:51:41","slug":"international-poultry-expo-held","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/19\/international-poultry-expo-held\/","title":{"rendered":"International Poultry Expo Held &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Mr. John B Edusei (M) speaking at the Expo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A TWO-DAY international poultry,<br \/>\naquaculture and livestock show (Ghana Expo 2019) has been held in Kumasi with<br \/>\nan appeal to stakeholders to heavily invest and modernize poultry and livestock<br \/>\nproduction to meet the growing needs.<\/p>\n<p>John Bewuah Edusei, Executive<br \/>\nDirector of Chicks &amp; Chicken Limited, who made the appeal, bemoaned that<br \/>\npoultry produces just about a per cent of the broiler-chicken consumed in the<br \/>\ncountry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think this is woefully unacceptable<br \/>\nso what we are saying is that it is time for government to realise the need,\u201d<br \/>\nhe said, and urged government to seriously help the poultry farmers to excel.<\/p>\n<p>The event brought together exhibitors from<br \/>\nGhana, Nigeria, Belgium, South Africa, United States, Germany and Morocco.<br \/>\nOthers were drawn from Italy, Germany, Holland, Turkey, India, Egypt, Kenya and<br \/>\nIsrael.<\/p>\n<p>John B. Edusei said Ghana has about<br \/>\n1.3 million cattle, three million sheep, 3.5 million goats and 10 million<br \/>\npoultry mainly layers, adding that Ghana\u2019s domestic supply of broiler meat<br \/>\nrepresents just about a per cent of its requirements while the remaining 99 per<br \/>\ncent representing $375 million is imported.<\/p>\n<p>The businessman who is also the Chief<br \/>\nExecutive of Pals Africa wondered why Ghana cannot boast of any serious dairy<br \/>\nproduction, but depends on imported milk to produce yoghurt, ice creams and<br \/>\nmilk.<\/p>\n<p>He announced Pals Africa\u2019s readiness<br \/>\nto offer stakeholders in agriculture the platform to connect, interact and<br \/>\nlearn from industry gurus and also transform the poultry industry to become<br \/>\nbigger and better in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>Victor Oppong Agyei, President of<br \/>\nGhana National Association of Poultry Farmers (GNAPF), lamented the poor<br \/>\nperformance of poultry business in the country.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, thanked the Food and<br \/>\nAgriculture Ministry for its intention to ban importation of chicken into the<br \/>\ncountry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the GNAPF,<br \/>\nBoris Baidoo said a programme dubbed, \u201cPoultry and Piggery for Livelihood<br \/>\nImprovement in Ghana (PLIG)\u201d would directly fall under government\u2019s<br \/>\n\u201cRearing for Food and Jobs Programme.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It will collaborate with the entire poultry value chain players such as feed millers, input dealers, egg sellers, veterinary services, animal production and others to revive the \u2018ailing industry\u2019 in Ashanti Region and Ghana as a whole.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FROM James Quansah, Kumasi<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr. John B Edusei (M) speaking at the Expo A TWO-DAY international poultry, aquaculture and livestock show (Ghana Expo 2019) has been held in Kumasi with an appeal to stakeholders to heavily invest and modernize poultry and livestock production to meet the growing needs. 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