PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Eggs and poultry meat are important components of the Ghanaian diet as a source of animal protein. The poultry industry also provides employment for a significant number of people. Even though a lot of poultry farms exist in the country, the
broiler industry is in decline.

Small, medium, and large-scale producers constitute about 60%, 30%, and 10% respectively of poultry farmers in the country. Whilst the large-scale producers employ higher technologies in the form of hatcheries,
veterinary services, and better marketing arrangements, the small-scale farmers employ little or no technologies.

PROJECT SCOPE

Investment opportunities, therefore, exist in the establishment of modern hatcheries and poultry farms in order to increase the scale of production of poultry product and reduce the import of chicken parts from Europe, Brazil, and the United States.

Poultry farms can be found in almost every part of the country with meat production estimated at 290,563 metric tonnes in 2018. Small, medium, and large-scale producers constitute about 60%, 30%, and 10% respectively. Rural poultry constitutes about 80% of Ghana’s poultry population.

INITIAL CAPITAL OUTLAY

The estimated capital outlay for the establishment of hatcheries and poultry farms range from US$ 0.5-1.5 million depending on the scale and sophistication of the facility.

PROJECT SCOPE

Strategic options include the construction of new irrigation systems for maize production as well as the cultivation of maize on existing irrigation schemes for human and animal consumption.

INITIAL CAPITAL OUTLAY REQUIRED

The capital outlay is estimated to range from US$ 0.25- 2 million depending on the production scale.

PROJECT LOCATION

Proposed projects can be located in all the ecological zones of the country.