The Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Accra Poultry Farmers Association (GAFFA), Ali Mohammed, has called on the government to use the 2026 Mid-Year Budget Review to introduce
The report indicates that the Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Accra Poultry Farmers Association (GAFFA), Ali Mohammed, has called on the government to use the 2026 Mid-Year Budget Review to introduce long-term reforms for Ghana’s poultry industry, saying existing interventions alone cannot solve the sector’s challenges.
It further notes that speaking on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show on Thursday, July 23, Mr Mohammed stated he expects the government to review the implementation of the ‘Nkoko Nkitinkiti’ initiative and engage industry players before rolling out the next phases of the programme.
“We expect to see a policy review on the ‘Nkoko Nkitinkiti’ thing,” he said. “We expect the policymakers to engage and consider the first phase as the basis. We expect the second phase and the third phase that they intend to roll out to involve more engagement and better planning.”
While welcoming the initiative, Mr Mohammed argued that it should be seen as only one part of a broader strategy to revive the poultry sector.
“‘Nkoko Nkitinkiti’, as I stated on Newsfile, actually cannot solve the poultry industry’s problem. It’s one of the mitigating factors, but solving the industry’s problems goes beyond the ‘Nkoko Nkitinkiti'”
According to him, the poultry industry requires a long-term development plan extending beyond a decade.
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“The poultry industry should have about a 10-year-plus plan laid out,” he said.
Mr Mohammed identified the high cost of poultry feed as the industry’s biggest obstacle, noting that feed accounts for nearly 80 per cent of production costs.
“Feeding costs take almost 80%,” he said.
He urged the government to increase local production of maize and soya, the two main ingredients used in poultry feed, warning that without addressing this issue, the sector would continue to struggle.
“I told the Feed Ghana Coordinator that if we don’t do anything about the local production of soya and maize, which are the major components of poultry feed, we can never succeed. Take it from me.”
He stated government policies should not be developed in isolation but should recognise the close relationship between crop production and the poultry industry.
“When you are designing a policy, you don’t design a policy in silos. You design a policy as a holistic thing for all the sectors.”
