Napoleon Agyemang Oduro

Local Farmers Produce Only 5% of Chicken Consumed In Ghana

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Local poultry farmers only produce five per cent of chicken consumed in the country with 95 per cent imported, an official has said. Chairman of the Western Regional Farmers Association Napoleon Agyemang Oduro,  who is also the National Vice Chairman for the National Farmers’ Association, said the situation has created a lot of problems for … Read more

Tax On Imported Poultry An Exercise In Futility

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A new report on the poultry industry in Ghana has shown that government’s action to promote the industry by slapping a 35percent tax on imported chicken through the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CET) arrangement has done nothing to help the local industry. The study, which was carried out in 4,000 poultry farms across all 10 … Read more