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Last year, chicken meat consumption in Ghana was about 13 kg and was the most popular animal protein. Photo: Yaw Ansu-Kyeremeh
01-02-2022 | News

Upswing in poultry production and consumption in Ghana

In Zimbabwe, small-scale poultry farmers constitute 75% of poultry output. Photo: Carlos Lindner
20-08-2021 | News

Bumper harvest positions Zimbabwe’s poultry sector for growth

A still image from the Zone of Comfort video released by the World Poultry Foundation. Photo: World Poultry Foundation
22-06-2021 | News

WPF releases video series for Africa’s poultry farmers

The PREVENT project (Promoting and Enabling Vaccination Efficiently, Now and Tomorrow) will see more than 50 million hatchery-vaccinated day old chicks distributed annually. Photo: Ruud Ploeg
29-04-2021 | News

Pan African vaccination project to boost backyard production

Indigenous chickens in Zimbabwe are commonly known as road-runner chickens. Photo: Tuân NguyÅn Minh
18-03-2021 | News

Rural poultry project empowers Zimbabwean households

The Hatching Hope programme in Kenya aims to enhance the current poultry food and farming system. Photo: Heifer International
12-02-2021 | News

Hatching Hope for sustainable poultry expands into Kenya

Supporting local has never been as important as it has been right now, according to International Trade Specialist, Arwil Viviers. Photo: Andriyko Podilnyk
11-02-2021 | News

Namibia ramps up poultry production

Researchers studied the DNA of more than 700 indigenous African village chickens from 2 distinct Ethiopian ecotypes. Photo: Twan Wiermans
28-10-2020 | Article

Research heralds better poultry for sub-Saharan Africa

A total of 40,000 chicks were delivered in March and have now matured into layers with about 100,000 eggs having been collected in one week. Photo: Anne Waiguru
03-09-2020 | News

Kenya: 1 million eggs project launched

The Senegalese government has spent just over US$ 3 million to purchase livestock and poultry feed to be sold at subsidised prices to herders and livestock farmers. Photo: Chatnarin Pramnapan
29-07-2020 | News

Covid-19: Support for Senegal’s poultry sector