{"id":191831,"date":"2016-02-20T15:05:38","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T15:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=191831"},"modified":"2016-02-20T15:05:38","modified_gmt":"2016-02-20T15:05:38","slug":"govt-adopts-measures-to-reduce-imported-poultry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/govt-adopts-measures-to-reduce-imported-poultry\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t adopts measures to reduce imported poultry"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has hinted of a targeted policy aimed at reducing the importation of poultry products.<\/p>\n
The policy they say will also improve local production of poultry.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”rXPBcE7h4KI3cdBsvJkLztcyZCczJph1″]Statistics available at the Ministry indicate that only 42 percent of domestic consumption is supplied by domestic production, while 58 percent are imported from European Union and the United States.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Citi News<\/strong> during a tour of a\u00a0facility at the Tema Harbour, a Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Hannah Bissiw, reiterated government`s commitment to revamp the agricultural sector.<\/p>\n She said, “the policy is part of measures that we are putting in place to make sure that we have a future where we do not import unemployment and export employment but we have a future where employment is created in our country by reviving the poultry industry.\u201d<\/p>\n She said such measures will help to also safeguard the jobs in the value chain process.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Kojo Agyeman\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has hinted of a targeted policy aimed at reducing the importation of poultry products. The policy they say will also improve local production of poultry. [contextly_sidebar id=”rXPBcE7h4KI3cdBsvJkLztcyZCczJph1″]Statistics available at the Ministry indicate that only 42 percent of domestic consumption is supplied by domestic production, while 58 percent are imported […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n