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    Ghana Poultry Industry Analysis:

    Government of Ghana’s (GOG) initiative in the 1960s to promote commercial poultry production resulted
    to the industry supplying about 95 percent of chicken meat and eggs in the country . However, in 1970's,
    the GOG as part of its support for the development of the poultry industry removed customs duties on
    poultry inputs - feed, additives, drugs, and vaccines including access to veterinary services. Since 2000,
    however, Ghana’s poultry sector has been experiencing a steep decline. Many, if not all, the commercial
    poultry farms including Darko Farms, Pomadze Farms, Afariwaa Farms, Midland Farms, Acme Hatchery
    etc that were established in the late 1960s and early 1970s have collapsed and/or are on the verge of
    collapsing and/or operating far below full capacity.
    According to GOG sources, broiler production has experienced a steep decline from 80 percent of the
    market supply in 2000 to 10 percent in 2010. In August 2010, Ghanaian poultry farmers urged the
    government to end the importation of chicken meat since it was undermining local production
    andthreatening the local poultry sector. Several reports by industry players have also indicated that it is
    impossible for producers to manage a farm enterprise the way their parents did 30 years ago (Arzeno,
    2004).

    Commercial poultry production in Ghana is categorised into large-scale (over 10,000 birds), medium-
    scale (5,000-10,000 birds) and small-scale (50-5,000) enterprises. Domestic commercial farms are
    privately owned by individuals or families. The large-scale category forms about 20 percent of the total
    poultry sector, producing mainly eggs. Most operate their own feed-mills as some maintain a hatchery
    and parent stock. The level of bio-security practice is high in the large-scale category. The medium-scale
    and the small-scale categories comprise 80 percent of the poultry sector and rely on hatcheries for their
    day-old chicks and feed mills for their feed. The medium-scale category also produces primarily eggs
    whereas the small scale categories are backyard poultry producers who mainly produce broiler birds.
    The medium and small-scale operators practice minimal bio-security hence allowing free-range and wild
    birds to gain access to poultry houses, predisposing operations to disease out-breaks such as AI. Some
    commercial poultry farmers produce broiler birds for sale during festive seasons.

    Commercial productions are primarily produced by ten hatcheries that produce up to 60 percent of
    capacity due to low demand. Only three of these hatchery companies maintain their own parent stocks
    of layer or broiler birds. The other poultry producers import fertile eggs. The GOG is yet to pass into law
    a Hatchery bill that will ensure that quality day-old chicks are produced from domestic hatcheries.
    Broiler and layer birds are kept exclusively indoors on deep litter and/or in battery cages, and fed on well
    formulated diets. The broiler birds attain 2-2.5 kg live-weight at 6-7 weeks and are ready for the market.
    Layer birds reach 16 weeks before the pullets start laying eggs. Average industry egg production is 230-
    250 eggs/layer/year. The main feed ingredients are locally produced corn or imported yellow corn,
    cotton-seed cake, kernel cake, soybean cake, copra cake, fish meal and soybean meal; vitamin-mineral
    premixes are imported. The average cost of producing broilers in Ghana (live wt 2-2.5kg/dressed weight
    of 1.5-1.9kg) is estimated at GHS12.00 ($6) for large scale producers and higher for the small-scale
    producers. This figure is far above the price of imported poultry.
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