The West Africa Food System Resilience Programme (FSRP) and Women in Poultry Value Chain (WIPVaC) have teamed up to promote local chicken consumption in Ghana to mark WIPVaC's 8th anniversary.
The flagship event of this collaboration was held on Tuesday 29 April 2025 in Accra. It offered a festive atmosphere, with free tastings of tasty pieces of grilled chicken accompanied by kenkey and chilli, a promotional sale of fresh and frozen local chicken at knock-down prices, lively music, surprise guests and a variety of entertainment.
Created to bring together women active across the poultry value chain, WIPVaC brings together breeders, traders, distributors and processors of poultry products, as well as suppliers of maize, soya and day-old chicks. The organisation's ambition is to create economic opportunities for its members by strengthening their participation in the development of the poultry sector and stimulating inclusive and sustainable growth.
As part of the Poultry Intensification Programme (PIS), implemented by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) with the support of the FSRP, WIPVaC members have benefited from in-kind credits (chicks, feed, vaccines) as well as technical training. Their first production cycle, launched last year, is now complete, ready to supply the market with quality local broilers.
"We are proud to have marked our 8ᵉ anniversary by honouring our work, and above all by raising the profile of local chicken, produced by dynamic and innovative women," stressed a WIPVaC manager.
This partnership is fully in line with the FSRP's objective of strengthening regional food security by promoting climate-smart agricultural practices (CSA), improving biosafety and fully integrating women into commercial value chains.
The FSRP has supported 60 poultry farmers in the Central, Greater Accra, Eastern, Volta and Ashanti regions, providing them with credit for 50,000 chicks, feed and vaccines. To date, 25,000 chicks have been distributed, enabling beneficiaries to complete their first broiler production cycle.
During the ceremony, Mr John Dumelo, Ghana's Deputy Minister of Agriculture, stressed the need to develop an effective marketing strategy to improve the availability of local chicken on the market, in response to growing demand. He also spoke of plans to build modern processing facilities to strengthen the poultry value chain.
