Women in poultry value chain builds capacity on financial management

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Mrs. Victoria Norgbey, National President of the Apex Body of WIPVaCMrs. Victoria Norgbey, National President of the Apex Body of WIPVaC

Women in the Poultry Value Chain (WIPVaC) as part of the effort to scale up their financial operations in book keeping, has held a 3-day capacity building workshop on integrated financial management in Accra.

The primary purpose of the workshop will help address the financial challenges in book keeping and the measures to put in place in operating good accounting practices and methods in the bid to boost the poultry business with profit maximization to enable the women to enhance financial growth and development in the poultry value chain.

The programme brought together scores of women on a common platform to discuss and deliberate on issues and challenges within the poultry industry and the best practices to apply and harness the potentials in the industry.

Addressing participants, Mr. Edwin Bekoe, the Director, Animal Production Directorate of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture urged the women to engage in periodic training in building their capacity in financial management of their businesses and explained that it will help and guide in proper bookkeeping and sound records of financial transactions.

“Women continuous to play an essential role in the poultry value chain as producers, processors, input dealers, as well as markers therefore their role cannot be overlooked”, he added indicating further that financial institutions must provide credit facilities to streamline the inefficiencies in the poultry production chain.

He disclosed that the country was exporting poultry and its products in the 1970s and have now become a net importer of same produce at an average of 400,000 MT of meat estimated at USD 350 million and said it is having a huge toll on the economy challenging government to roll out the Rearing for Food and Jobs (RFJ) programme in 2019 to reverse the trend.

He, therefore, urged participants to take advantage of the training programme and share the knowledge acquired with other trading partners and also exhibit it in their trading endeavours.

For her part, the National President of the Apex Body of Women in Poultry Value Chain, Mrs. Victoria Norgbey said the training programme will harmonise the interest of women in poultry and will serve as a mouthpiece as advocacy for enabling environment towards sustainable poultry business.

She said WIPVaC comprises of aggregators of maize, soya, suppliers of day old chicks and dealers in poultry inputs such as fish meal, concentrates, poultry drugs, feed, farmers, egg sellers, guinea fowl and chicken products, live bird sellers and processors working collectively to support the food nutrition and security of the citizenry.

In a remark, the Consultant for the World Poultry Foundation, Mr. Daniel Anang said the workshop will help build the financial capacity of women in the poultry value chain and will enable them also keep proper account of their business operations and transactions.

For her part, the Secretary for the World Poultry Association – Ghana Branch, Madam Comfort Kyerewa Acheampong said the programme will empower the women and bring them at the fore front of the poultry industry, adding that women have played a leading role in the poultry value chain for many years.

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