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The Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto says the recent outbreak of transborder animal diseases, including Bird Flu, has negatively impacted the progress of the government’s flagship Rearing for Food and Jobs programmes. He said the outbreaks “threaten government’s agenda of attaining self-sufficiency in meat production by 2025 as …

The Food and Agriculture Ministry through its Veterinary Services Directorate has confirmed the outbreak of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza disease, otherwise known as Bird flu in some parts of the country.   The regions affected are the Greater Accra, Central and Volta Regions.   The outbreak of the disease …

  The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has announced the outbreak of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza disease, known as “Bird Flu” in Ghana. In a press release, on the Twitter Page of Joy News Journalist, Charles Ayitey, the ministry has thus banned the importation of poultry to Ghana as …