07
Mar
Government has pledged to invest some US$541million to improve the poultry industry, in line with one of the key resolutions of the recently-held Dakar II Summit in Senegal. The decision seeks to revamp the industry and position it to curb recent imports, which are in excess of over US$600million per annum. Chief Director at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Robert Ankobia – who revealed this to B&FT – said the move is to achieve self-sufficiency in poultry meat products by expanding production, increasing competitiveness and value addition. The investment will accordingly increase domestic production from the current 50,000 tonnes…