Ghana’s rabbit industry

There is growing fear among rabbit farmers over a possible collapse of the industry due to rising cost of production. Currently, farmers say feed alone constitutes about 80 percent of farm’s daily production cost, with the price of 50kilogram of feed having more than doubled from GH¢205 in the second quarter of 2021 to GH¢485 in the first quarter of 2023, representing an increase of 136.6 percent. The situation is further aggravated by biosecurity risk – outbreak of pests and diseases as well as overhead cost – electricity bills and others. As a result, as many as 70 percent of…