Ms Gumah said the intervention was to benefit only women to promote the consumption of poultry and eggs and improve household nutrition, particularly maternal and child nutrition.Īnother area expected to benefit from similar interventions is the Kassena Nankana Municipality, she said.
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Ms Esther Agumah, the Livestock Officer, Regional Department of Agriculture, who spoke on the modalities of the intervention with the Ghana News Agency after distributing the birds to the beneficiaries, said each beneficiary received an enhanced battery cage system, spacious enough to accommodate the 120 birds.Īccording to her, the women were given a series of training to equip them with skills to handle and care for the birds.įor the entire package, each beneficiary paid a fee of GHC600.00, she added. Prior to the distribution, some selected farmers in the Municipality were contracted to brood and raise day-old pullets until their current stage of 14 weeks old.
The beneficiaries, drawn from various communities within the Municipality, each received 120 layers and 12 bags of feed for use for three months, including a veterinary service package of antibiotics and vitamins for the treatment of the birds. The intervention is part of the Savanna Investment Programme (SIP) sponsored by the African Development Loan Fund facility. Fifty women farmers in the Bolgatanga Municipality in the Upper East Region have received 6,000 layers under the President's Special Initiative, Rearing for Food and Jobs (RfJs).
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