Business partners Dr. Ernest Ofori Sarpong and Dr. Osei Kwame Despite intend to develop one of Ghana’s largest poultry farms, according to plans made public by the minister of food and agriculture, Bryan Acheampong.
The minister claimed that after hearing his persuasive case for agriculture, and particularly chicken farming as a business, during a meeting, the businesspeople accepted the concept.
“Your senior brothers, Despite and Ofori came to meet me that after our last meeting when we discussed something about the poultry industry, Ofori said myself and Despite can do poultry as a business and as means of feeding the country if this is what you are saying,” he told Kwame Sefa Kayi on Peace FM.
The minister claims that the two have committed to the project after receiving his promise that they will be able to acquire land for such a large undertaking.
“After showing them the numbers, they said I should give them land, so I am looking for a land for them at Dahwenya and they have assured me that they will build one of the biggest poultry farms in the country,” he stated.
The minister further stated that the government would soon introduce a new iteration of the Planting for Food and Jobs initiative, which would strengthen the nation’s agricultural industry.