Government will build a complete poultry value chain as part of its commercial agriculture pillar under the New Economy programme.
The Minister for Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, said this when he presented the 2027 Budget Statement and Economic Policy in Parliament.
He said the intervention will cover breeder farms and hatcheries, day-old chicks, feed, vaccines, veterinary laboratories, modern poultry houses, processing plants, cold storage and retail distribution.
Dr. Forson said commercially capable anchor farms will work with existing small and medium-scale producers and organised outgrowers, while institutional buyers, retailers and hospitality businesses will use transparent multi-year contracts for locally produced chicken.
He noted that feed accounts for 60 to 70 percent of poultry production cost, and that the future of the poultry sector therefore depends on maize and soya bean, which are the main ingredients for poultry feed.
According to him, government will establish commercial maize and soya bean clusters that link farmers directly to feed mills through bankable contracts to lower feed costs and strengthen both poultry and agriculture, with the productive chains reinforcing one another.
