Nkoko Nkitinkiti and the shortest agricultural value chain…
Nkoko Nkitinkiti beneficiaries have begun slaughtering and eating the birds distributed to them for rearing, according to the Minister for Food and Agriculture. The Minister expressed concern about this development, stating that some beneficiaries even sent videos of themselves enjoying the birds. The initiative was designed for economic empowerment, with the idea to rear the birds, sell some, keep some, multiply the flock, and gradually build a small poultry business.
The program was not designed as a feeding exercise; the birds were meant to become productive assets. Beneficiaries were expected to rear them, sell them, and reinvest the proceeds. Some beneficiaries, however, appear to have called the distributed birds "Sunday lunch." In one short video, the entire agricultural value chain was completed, with the government supplying the bird, the beneficiary supplying the pepper, and the kitchen supplying the final processing.
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Ghana's Minister for Food and Agriculture is concerned about the Nkoko Nkitinkiti initiative, where beneficiaries received chickens for economic
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