PATRONISE THE LOCAL POULTRY PRODUCTS -- GHANAIANS URGED

 By Joyceline Natally Cudjoe

Miss Sharp (in black) inspecting the prepared dishes

The Regional Director of United States of America Poultry and Egg Export Council (USAPEEC), Zelda Sharp has entreated Ghanaians to patronise the local poultry products.

This, she said, would serve as a boost to the youth to engage in the local poultry production since there would be ready market for the produce.

Miss Zelda Sharp made the call at the Ghana and America recipe competition in Accra on Thursday, organised by USAPEEC in collaboration with Ghana National Association of Poultry Farmers (GNAPF) to promote consumption of Ghanaian and American chicken.

She indicated that the consumption of local poultry would boost sales, adding that “this would help to reduce the country’s over dependence on imported poultry from some countries which produced unwholesome poultry.”

According to her, increased local production would also help to create employment for the youth.

She said through the competition, the catering students would be educated on the difference between local and foreign chicken and how to prepare food with it in order to improve their cooking skills when they establish their restaurants in future.

participants of the competition showcasing the prepared dishes

“We need the students to know the differences between the two types of chicken so as to help in enhancing their cooking skills,” she stressed.

She urged the local farmers to rear the chickens well in other to motivate people to buy by giving them healthy food and potable water.

The Programme Manager, Madam Elizabeth Bonney said that the competition would educate the public to shun the negative perceptions they have concerning the consumption of local chicken.

“Many people think chicken is not healthy so we will educate the public on how healthy it is to consume chicken through this competition,” she said.

Madam Bonney noted that the consumption of chicken was healthier and wholesome than meat, therefore, Ghanaians should not relent in patronizing it.

 “We are collaborating with America to import wholesome chicken in addition to the one that we have here in order to cater for everyone’s need,” she said.

The participants after the competition