The American Soybean Association (ASA) through the World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH) Program, has partnered Agrihouse Foundation to organize the 4th edition of the Ghana Poultry Day, scheduled to hold on Monday July 1, 2024, at the forecourt of the statehouse.
The annual advocacy event, which is pushing for the recognition and celebration of July 1, as the Ghana Poultry, is also intentionally putting to light the market opportunities, trade and investment components, as well as the nutritional values in patronizing and consuming our poultry.
In his statement, the Africa Director for The American Soybean Association (ASA) through the World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH) Program, Mr. Chris Slemp, expressed their enthusiasm for the partnership, stating, "Our partnership with Agrihouse Foundation for the 4th Ghana Poultry Day aligns perfectly with our mission to improve food security."
The WISHH program has a crucial mission to improve nutrition, through the continuous promotion of soy in human health and Poultry as a key source of protein, Mr. Chris Slemp added.
"In 2019, Ghana was recognized as one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, but inefficiencies in the poultry value chain have hindered sector growth and protein production. Poultry and egg producers in the country continuously face challenges such as high production costs, limited access to quality feed, and widespread misconceptions about poultry products.
"By our partnership with Agrihouse Foundation, we aim to contribute to education, knowledge sharing and offer practical approaches and success modules, that stakeholders and potential investors could consider and adopt, to improve their poultry business, enhance the quality and accessibility of poultry feed for producers, strengthen market connections for locally produced commodities used in feed and poultry production, and enhance poultry quality to meet Ghana’s protein needs."
He remarked expressing his profound gratitude to the American Soybean Association (ASA) through the World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH) Program for their sponsorship of this year's 4th Ghana Poultry Day, Ms. Alberta Nana Akyaa Akosa, the Executive Director of Agrihouse Foundation, stated, “We are excited to have the American Soybean Association (ASA) World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH) on board as a key partner for the organization of the 4th Ghana Poultry Day."
WISHH’s expertise and commitment to improving the Poultry sector and ultimately ensuring food security is invaluable.
Our utmost desire is to advocate for, empower, build capacity and share in-depth knowledge on how, we could develop, build and sustain a strong Poultry sector, with all value chains and players vibrant and active, and having this strong support from WISHH, is very instrumental in helping us achieve this aim.
We remain confident, that together, we can collectively inspire and build a greater appreciation, value, positive outlook, visibility, acceptance and increase in consumption and patronage of our poultry.
The Ghana Poultry Day, set to take place at the forecourt of the State House on Monday, July 1, 2024, will feature a dynamic program of activities headlined by a personality-advocate chef cooking competition.
About twenty (20) chefs including Members of Parliament, Queen-mothers, women farmers, students and media personalities will be cooking different recipes, with chicken, free for the public to sample.
Additionally, the event will host insightful town hall discussions, bringing together industry leaders to explore opportunities in the poultry sector and discuss strategies for driving investment in the poultry value chain.
There will also be an Exhibition; where stakeholders across the value chain and other industries will come together to showcase their products and services, forging new partnerships and driving economic growth.
The full day event is open to the general public. We encourage and invite everyone to come through the Forecourt of the State House to gain more insight, network and sample for free, the many different food recipes, that will be made, with our poultry, Alberta concluded.
Other partners on board supporting to champion and advocate for the declaration of July 1st as the Ghana Poultry Day includes, Ghana Tourism Authority, Ghana National Egg Secretariat, Ghana National Association of Poultry Farmers, Amass Farms, Labianca Company Limited.
Others includes Safaree Tissue, Wilmar International, Ghana Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending Project, Wilmar International ,September Spices, Maphlix Trust Ghana limited, Agrogenics .
