Ghana: We'll Be Poultry Self-Sufficient in 4 Yrs - - Agric Minister Projects

Ghana: We'll Be Poultry Self-Sufficient in 4 Yrs - - Agric Minister Projects

Ghana is set to be poultry self-sufficient by 2029, the Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has estimated.

We’ll be poultry self-sufficient in 4 yrs — Agric Minister projects

Ghana is set to be poultry self-sufficient by 2029, the Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has estimated. According to him, the target of government, per the timelines of the Poultry Industry Revitalisation Initiative under the Feed Ghana Programme, is to be 12 per cent sufficient in 2025, 25 per cent in 2026, 48 per cent in 2027, 76 per cent in 2028 and 104 per cent in 2029. “But if you look at the enthusiasm that has greeted the po…

Minister hints of plans to establish national seed bank for Ghana

Eric Opoku – Minister of Food and Agriculture. Mr Eric Opoku, the Minister of Food and Agriculture, has hinted at the Government’s plans to establish a national seed bank. This, he said would be achieved through collaborations with the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) of the University of Ghana and other stakeholders. A national seed bank is a facility that collects, stores, and researches seeds from a country’s native plants and …