Ghana Announces Compensation for Bird Flu

GHANA - A compensation package is to be rolled out by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) for poultry farmers whose birds and poultry products were destroyed following the outbreak of bird flu in the country.
calendar icon 21 August 2015
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The Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Hanna Bissiw, declined to disclose the total amounts involved in the compensation package or a breakdown, reported the Graphic Online.

However, she did indicate that the package would cover all the 40,154 birds destroyed in the Greater Accra, Volta and Ashanti regions by the Veterinary Services Directorate (VSD) as part of measures to contain the outbreak.

Speaking at a meeting with poultry farmers and poultry traders in Accra yesterday, Dr Bissiw also said the package would cover the value of the eggs, poultry feed and structures that were destroyed.

A total of 1,103 crates of eggs and 37 bags of feed has been destroyed since the outbreak was first recorded in May this year.

The deputy minister indicated that MoFA would pay compensation for only birds that were destroyed by veterinary officers.

She, therefore, asked poultry farmers to report any suspected case of bird flu to the VSD for immediate diagnosis. She said if the results showed that the birds were affected, the veterinary officers would destroy them and the structures.

Thereafter, she said, the ministry would pay the commensurate compensation to the affected poultry farmers.

Dr Bissiw said MoFA would intensify the bird flu awareness campaign among poultry farmers and traders in the northern, middle and southern zones of the country.

As part of measures to contain the outbreak, workshops on bird flu would be organised for 240 poultry farmers in Dodowa, Kumasi and Tamale from 2 September to 2 October, 2015, she said.

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