Hopes are ripe for the full implementation of the Nkoko Nkitinkiti project after a successful pilot of 50,000 birds.
The ambitious project which was launched in November 2025 by President John Dramami Mahama aims to make Ghana independent for its poultry needs. He mentioned that the country imports a whopping $350,000,000 worth of poultry, describing it as a missed opportunity.
Growing the entire value chain is what the ‘Nkoko Nkitinkiti’ initiative seeks to achieve as part of the broader Feed Ghana programme, by achieving 100% local self-sufficiency within three years.
Leading a delegation from the office of Minister of State in charge of Special Initiatives to one of its local partners, Aglow Farms, at Gomoa Potsin on January 29, 2026, the National Coordinator of the National Broilers Project Directorate, Kelvin Ocran, indicated that the success of the 50,000 birds pilot has paved the way to achieve the 18 million target for 2026.
A huge scale-up is expected in the second quarter of the year.
“The main vision now is to be able to produce 18 million birds this year and this pilot is proving that we can do it with our local partners. Aglow processed about 25,000 birds,” he disclosed.
While adding that the pilot project went through many phases, Mr. Ocran stated that the government “partnered seven feed companies for the trial and we went straight into production. After seven weeks of production, the processing began.”
A modern all-in-one processing facility will be constructed to house about one million birds, says Kelvin Ocran.
“We have what we call the poultry estate which we’re looking forward to rolling out around October where we will have about a million birds production in one facility. There will be a processing system, a cold system and huge storage systems,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Manager of Aglow Farms, Nana Boakye disclosed that his outfit will expand its facility as a partner of the pilot program.
“Currently, we’re doing about 1.5 million birds on our own. Aglow is the forefront of broiler production. We have some institutional off-takers and we also opened our retail outlet last year.”
“So this program will be a feather in our cup where we will be able to push more products into the open space, pushing the agenda that Ghana is now able to produce its own birds for its own consumption.”
The success of the pilot project will pave the way for large scale production to boost the sector and create jobs.
Aglow farm runs a 12-hour shift system producing 10,000 birds per shift daily.
The 80 Million Bird Ambition
The project seeks to engage 50 large scale anchor farmers receiving thousands of chicks each and also support medium-scale operators with existing infrastructure.
60,000 household and backyard poultry farmers will also be empowered under the project where each will receive 50 birds.
With a successful implementation of the project in these three key areas, the government seeks to achieve 100% local self-sufficiency in the poultry sector within three years
Officials believe that integrating Gomoa Potsin’s findings into the national plan will enable the ‘Nkoko Nkitinkiti project’ to tackle deep-seated issues—high feed costs and limited processing capacity—that have hindered the sector for decades
