Figures gathered by the Business Day show that the demand for imported chicken is expected to rise exponentially to over 198 million US dollars by the close of 2016. The development, would be largely fueled by the low cost of imported poultry relative to the local chicken which is more expensive. To prevent a total collapse of the industry, Ghana and the United States government have agreed to help increase poultry feed to local farmers to cut down cost of production. Minister for Agriculture Mr. Fifi Fiavi Kwetey was optimistic the fund will impact positively on local poultry farmers. “If we are able to build the local capacity of our poultry farmers, we won’t have to import over 171, 000 metric tons of chicken into the country”, he suggested.