Greater Accra Rabbit Farmers Association (GARFA)

s A. BACKGROUND My name is James Owusu Antwi, CEO of Akyedze Farms and Consultancy. I am a full-time farmer. EDUCATION 1. Bachelor in General Agricultural 2. Masters in Agricultural Economics 3. Masters in Agribusiness 4. Post Graduate diploma in vet medicine ( specialization in poultry) 5. Post graduate diploma in Animal nutrition. 6. PhD in Agricultural Economics ( not done yet). I am into Layer Production (Major), Rabbit, Grasscutter, Quails, Turkeys, Guinea Pigs, Sheep, Goat, and Dog breeding. I started rabbit farming with 16 Does and 5 Bucks two and Half years ago at Agona Swedru (Central Region of Ghana). My breeding stock was obtained from Farmer Brown and a guy from Cote d'Ivoire. I started keeping those 21 rabbit as pet. I kept them for almost a year and half without breeding.Yes, I know the bosses will ask themselves why will this guy keep all these rabbit as pet. That is why you need to join the Greater Accra Rabbit Farmers Association (GARFA) for expert Gui...

In the year 2010, I started dog breeding. I had a chat with a friend who is a fellow dog breeder who also had rabbits. The chat was about how we could increase his rabbits because we were using the rabbits that died on his farm to feed our dogs. This brought a partnership which lasted for close to eight (8) years. We won the best district rabbit farmer in 2012. In 2018, I decided to start my own rabbit farm. This was because I had moved from Dansoman to Oyarifa. I saw it as an opportunity to start a branch but later decided to make it on my own. Michael Essilfie-Ackah is my name commonly known by most people as Spooky. I am a mechanical engineer by profession. Essilfie-Ackah farms started in 2015. It started with crop production, goat, poultry and turkey. Most of the animals were reared for the festive season. The rabbit chapter started in 2018. When I decided to start on my own, I took my share of the partnership which was supposed to be in the form of ten (10) set of hatche...