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Bechem poultry project to cut imports by half – Eric Opoku
The $15 million integrated poultry and feed processing complex, which is expected to be completed next year, is projected to cut Ghana’s poultry imports by more than half while strengthening the local industry.
The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku The government’s flagship poultry project, dubbed the “Integrated and Self-Sustaining Poultry Value Chain Facility” at Bechem in the Ahafo Region, is 50 per cent complete, the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has disclosed.
He noted that Ghana currently imports about $350 million worth of poultry and poultry products annually, describing the Bechem facility as a strategic intervention to reverse the trend, create jobs and enhance national food security.
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