The Head of Department of Animal Science of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Prof.
K.
Adomako, has called for urgent regulatory measures to sanitise Ghana's poultry industry and protect farmers from avoidable losses.According to him, the absence of enforceable hatchery regulations and breeding standards has allowed uncertified day-old chicks to flood the market, posing biosecurity and economic risks to commercial poultry farmers.He made the remarks at the opening of a five-day annual capacity-building programme themed "Bridging the Technology Transfer Gap for Poultry Experts and Consultants in Ghana.""The poultry industry in Ghana has largely been driven by private enterprise, yet since independence, we have not had a single established breeding company.
This is a significant gap in our value chain," Prof.
