Ghana Livestock Development Policy and Strategy, Country/Territory Ghana Document type Date 2016 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock, Environment gen., Food & nutrition Keyword Pollution control Gender Poverty Constitutional law Equity Financing Education Meat Milk/dairy products Animal reproduction Animal production Cattle Sheep/goats Swine Pests/diseases Vaccination Research Animal feed/feedstuffs Genetic resources Internal trade International trade Animal health Geographical area Africa, North Atlantic, Western Africa Abstract The present Ghana Livestock Development Policy and Strategy (GLDPS) addresses the issues affecting the development of the Ghana livestock sub-sector such as the excessive importation of livestock and livestock products especially poultry, increased incidence of emerging and re-emerging animal diseases, inadequate supply of vaccines and veterinary pharmaceuticals, inadequate livestock infrastructure, transhumance, financing , research and technology dissemination in the livestock industry. Full text English