Ghana’s Food and Agricultural Minister, Hon. Eric Opoku, will from Monday, May 18 to May 23, 2026, lead a 23-member delegation of key stakeholders and value chain actors in Ghana’s livestock industry to Nebraska under the Ghana–Nebraska Livestock Modernization Partnership.
The programme, organised by the Ghana–Nebraska Agribusiness Growth and Trade Relations Chamber (GNEBCham) and Ecosyntra, with support from the U.S. Embassy in Ghana and the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, seeks to deepen transactional business engagements, facilitate trade and investment partnerships, promote technology transfer and strengthen commercial collaboration between Ghana and Nebraska’s livestock and agribusiness sectors.
It will expose and place a highlight on Nebraska’s livestock solutions such as feedlot operations, animal breeding, disease control, meat processing, cold storage systems and efficient market linkages, with the goal of building synergies, whiles exploring solutions that could compliment and support in advancing Ghana’s livestock drive efforts as part of the Feed Ghana policy agenda.
The businesses, travelling together with the Hon. Minister of Food and Agriculture includes senior officials from Exim Bank Ghana, Fidelity Bank Ghana, the Ghana National Livestock Breeders and Traders Association, Greater Accra Poultry Farmers Association, Joneva Enterprise, IRECO Royal Farms, Aspassion Farms, Simani Foods and Commodities Limited and the University of Ghana.
The Bono East Regional Minister, Hon. Francis Owusu Antwi, will be co-leading the delegation, with a focused mission and projecting the livestock opportunities and growth potential in Bono East, widely referred to as the Food basket of Ghana.
Also participating are the Ministry of Food and Agriculture’s Chief Director, Mr. Paul Siameh, the Feed Ghana Coordinator, Hon. Bright Kwadzo Demordzi, the Political Coordinator of the Bono East Regional Coordinating Council, Prince Opoku, and Member of Parliament for Asunafo North, Hon. Haruna Mohammed and Dr. Mariano Beillard, the Regional Counselor for Agricultural Affairs at the US Embassy.
According to the Minister for Food and Agriculture, Hon. Eric Opoku, this Livestock Modernization Partnership programme, supports government’s broader agenda to strengthen food systems and improve livestock productivity in Ghana. He noted that the partnership offers a valuable opportunity to experience Nebraska’s livestock advanced systems, infrastructure and explore to build shared partnerships, strengthen and invest in solutions that would in scaling the Livestock value chain sector in Ghana.
Speaking ahead of the trip, Alberta Nana Akyaa Akosa, Co-Founder of GNEBCham, described it as a transformative and sustainable step for the sector, with a focus on driving progress, for Ghana’s Livestock value chains, which has demonstrated a greater potential in securing Ghana’s food future, given the right approaches, solutions, investment and partnerships.
Whiles in Nebraska, the delegates will engage with U.S. agribusiness leaders, tour modern feedlots and meat processing facilities and take part in business-to-business sessions designed to attract investment across production, processing and distribution.
Former Nebraska State Senator and Co-Founder of the Ghana–Nebraska Agribusiness Growth and Trade Relations Chamber, Ken Schilz, indicated that the trip will provide Ghana’s livestock delegation with an in-depth look into Nebraska’s livestock, dairy, poultry, feedyard, research and agricultural innovation systems as part of efforts to support Ghana’s livestock modernization agenda.
Delegates will arrive in Omaha for a week-long series of educational tours, strategic meetings and agricultural engagement opportunities focused on livestock production, value chain integration, agribusiness partnerships and modern agricultural technologies.
The delegation is expected to visit key institutions and facilities including Prairieland Dairy, Lincoln Premium Poultry, Weber Feedyard, Bruning Farms, the Nebraska Department of Agriculture, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and the Eastern Nebraska Research, Extension and Education Center.
The engagements will expose delegates to dairy herd management, poultry processing, cattle feeding systems, livestock genetics, animal health systems, biosecurity infrastructure, precision agriculture and public-private partnerships while strengthening future Ghana–Nebraska agribusiness collaboration.
