The US Division of Agriculture has invested about $2 million within the poultry sector by way of the simply ended Ghana Poultry Mission.
In response to Technical Lead of the challenge, Raymond Denteh, the funding was given out as grant to modernise the poultry trade.
Talking on the sidelines of Ghana Hen Regulatory Discussion board, he disclosed that the funds have been used to enhance egg processing, digitise buying and selling alongside the worth chain, amongst others.
“We now have educated near 10,000 farmers and varied actors within the worth chain to extend their effectivity. We additionally had demonstrations to indicate farmers that they’ll increase their broilers in six weeks. We now have examined modules to show that Ghana is able to exporting,” he informed Pleasure Enterprise in an interview.
“We had about $2 million in grants to check varied fashions like processing eggs. We now have folks concentrating on on-line gross sales. We additionally assist authorities companies develop a variety of requirements and protocols. We’re at the moment working with the Veterinary Providers Directorate on the animal well being invoice,” he stated.
Chatting with Pleasure Enterprise, Requirements Officer on the Ghana Requirements Authority, Ali Issah, indicated that regulatory our bodies are there to assist, therefore folks shouldn’t be reluctant to achieve out to them.
“GSA has requirements for the poultry worth chain. We now have requirements for eggshells, poultry hatchery, dressed poultry, poultry feed, hen sausages and fairly a variety of them. It can be crucial that gamers or actors have requirements to stick to. So, GSA is there to assist them adhere to necessities as a result of most individuals overlook requirements,” he stated.
The Ghana Hen Regulatory Discussion board organised by USDA’s Ghana Poultry Mission seeks to teach trade gamers on regulatory actions.
