Accra, March 13, - Stakeholders
are set to hold the Second Edition of the Poultry Value Chain (POVAC) fair next
week under the auspices of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) aimed to
bring all sector actors under one umbrella.
The event, to be held in Sunyani
from March 21 to 22, seeks to create sustainable market linkages between the
POVAC actors at both the supply and demand ends while providing poultry farmers
with access to cheaper, quality and more reliable sources of inputs to reduce
cost of production.
It is being organised by the
Ghana Poultry Project (GPP), Assist Management in Poultry Layer Industry by
Feed Improvement and Efficiency Strategy (AMPLIFIES) and the Ghana National
Association of Poultry Farmers (GNAPF), in partnership with Agrihouse
Foundation.
The GPP and AMPLIFIES are both
five-year projects funded by the United States Department of Agriculture as
part of its Food for Progress Programme.
It aims at improving the
competitiveness of domestic production and processing of poultry meat and eggs
as well as feed formulation.
A statement from Agrihouse
Foundation, copied to the Ghana News Agency on Tuesday, said the two-day event
would be an amalgamation of presentations, exhibitions, seminars, business to
business meetings and food bazaar.
It indicated that more than 60
exhibitors in the poultry value chain had already completed initial
registration for participation and more exhibitors were expected in the coming
days.
Key exhibitors include Ghana
Export Promotion Authority, SGS, MADCO, Jokas Farms, Glofet, Akate Farms,
Esoko, Big Stars and Agricore as well as Silver Star Towers and Francis Cold
Storage.
It said the event was expected to
bring more than 800 actors from across the agricultural value chain, especially
the POVAC, government officials, development partners and financial
institutions among others.
The statement said some
international exhibitors and participants had also confirmed participation,
adding that there had also been a number of sponsors including Pak Agro, Thermo
King and Frankatson of the event.
POVAC is being held on the theme:
“Employment Creation along the Poultry Value Chain: Public Private Partnership
Approach”.
GNA
Caption: Agriculture Exhibition
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