The West African country of Ghana has been rated high in cattle mortality rate,
reports NaijaAgroNet.
It
was also reported that Ghana currently imports over 85 per cent of its beef South
America and United Kingdom (UK) other than from local farmers, which amounts to
some 95,000 tonnes of meat annually.
This was
disclosed at the unveiling of the new concept to boost Ghana’s cattle rearing
tactics through an initiative by a United States (US) and Ghanaian-based deal
to launch a crowd-funding for cattle farmers in Ghana and other selected
African countries.
Dubbed
Farmable, the portal is expected to support farmers in Africa and other emerging
markets through crowd-farming such as through provision of equipment for
farmers with the tools and resources necessary to ensure they mitigate hunger
and build a sustainable food supply.
The
chief executive officer (CEO) and co-founder, Farmable LLC, Damian Brennan says
Farmable has developed a crowd-funding platform to channel funding from social
investors around the world for capacity building activities of smallholder
farmers.
By
this act, he said, a cow for instance, through the Farmable website, online is
classified as ‘CowBackers’ and could as matter of return on investment get the
unique experience of being connected to their own cow on a real farm in Ghana.
Isaac Oyimah/GEE with agency reports
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