The importance of good quality animal protein in safeguarding the livelihoods of women and children cannot be overemphasized. Several attempts have been made in the past to ensure the provision of quality protein as part of efforts to ensure food security in Ghana. One such programme is the Rearing for Food and Jobs (RFJ). The RFJ is one of the five models of the government’s flagship five-year agricultural improvement programme under the theme “Planting for Food and Jobs” (PFJ). The objective of the RFJ is to develop a competitive and more efficient livestock industry that increases domestic production, reduces importation of livestock products and contributes to employment generation and to the improvement of livelihoods of livestock value chain actors and the national economy. This model was launched in 2019 and expected to end in 2023.

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