TITLE:
Bottlenecks and Prospects of Poultry Production in Kasoa, Awutu Senya District, Ghana
AUTHORS:
Seth Oduro Arthur
KEYWORDS:
Poultry Farming, Supply Chain, Financial Market
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Business and Management,
Vol.12 No.3,
May
21,
2024
ABSTRACT: It is widely believed that the poultry sector plays a significant role in Ghana’s development by generating jobs, improving nutrition, and ensuring food security. Despite these efforts, the poultry business still faces several issues that need to be resolved. The study’s objectives were to identify present challenges and opportunities associated to the poultry sector using the Awutu Senya District as a case study and offer recommendations for policy. Fifty chicken farms and ten significant poultry input suppliers in Kasoa, Awutu Senya District were chosen at random for the survey. Semi-structured interviews, questionnaires, and observations were used to collect primary data. The District Assembly, the District Veterinary Services Division, and the chicken Farmers’ Association were further sources of secondary data on chicken production. Based on the analysis, the main issues faced by chicken farmers were inadequate funding, illness, and the lack of electricity in the majority of their operations. The district’s poultry industry could grow thanks to opportunities provided by the existence of feed processing mills, stores selling poultry inputs, and organized markets.