Western Region is leading producer of broiler in Ghana all year round

The Western Region is currently the leading producer of broilers all year round in Ghana and the third force region in Ghana’s poultry Industry.

The Twin City poultry production market alone consumes 50,000 bags of 50kg poultry feed on average every month. 

Unfortunately, all this feed is produced in Tema and transported to Takoradi at a huge cost adding to production costs and making the cost of Poultry products expensive in Sekondi Takoradi.

Western Region Poultry Industry cries for strategic investments and support.

Speaking on the Jolly Breakfast Show on Skyy Power 93.5FM, Mr Francis Nsiah, a poultry farmer in Sekondi-Takoradi said it is difficult for poultry farmers to get feeds for their poultry and that is the reason local products such as chicken and eggs are very expensive.

He said, “The products used to produce the poultry feed in Ghana are mostly imported from Argentina and Brazil so when the dollar rate increases, the price of the feed increases as well that is why our products are very expensive.”

“In the poultry industry, about 95% of the poultry feed producers are foreign companies, so the moment the dollar rate increases, they also increase the price of their product and pass it on to the consumer.”

Mr Nsiah indicated that products like soybean and maize that are grown in the country and can be used for poultry feed are always exported to other countries while the products used for poultry feed in the country are always imported from other countries.

Speaking of investment in the poultry business, he noted there are no policies put in place by the government for poultry farmers to get loans unless they seek them from individuals.

So, therefore, he will plead with the government to put solid policies in place for them to facilitate loans and another policy to control the prices of raw materials, which will boost the industry in Ghana.

-Skyy Power

ABOUT: Nana Kwesi Coomson

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An Entrepreneur, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Communications Executive and Philanthropist. Editor-in-Chief of www.233times.com. A Senior Journalist with Ghanaian Chronicle Newspaper. An alumnus of Adisadel College where he read General Arts. His first degree is in Bachelor of Arts - Political Science (major) and History (minor) from the University of Ghana. He holds MSc in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Energy with Public Relations (PR) from the Robert Gordon University in the United Kingdom. He is a 2018 Mandela Washington Fellow who studied at Clark Atlanta University in USA on the Business and Entrepreneurship track.

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