Ghana s poultry industry in peril due to feed shortage
A serious shortage of feed could significantly cripple Ghana s poultry industry, according to the Ghana Poultry Farmers Association.
All poultry farms in Ghana are on the verge of collapse if no drastic measures are taken by the government […] to sustain the industry, the chairman of the association, Isaac Essiaw, told Xinhua, adding that the high cost of feed was mainly due to the increasing price of maize, which constitutes a significant portion of poultry feed.
Furthermore, the prices of other feed ingredients, including wheat bran, have also increased, which he attributes to the uncharacteristic low rainfall during the 2021 season.
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The Greater Accra Poultry Farmers Association (GAFA), has expressed fears that the outbreak of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza disease, also known as Bird Flu, in parts of the country will have a negative impact on their businesses and could collapse their farms.
According to the association, the COVID-19 pandemic severely affected their businesses and the outbreak of the infectious disease presents a precarious situation.
The president of the Greater Accra Poultry Farmers Association, Michael Nyarko Ampem in a
Citi News interview said before the announcement of the outbreak of the disease, poultry farmers were struggling to get feed for their birds which led to low production.
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