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The USA Poultry and Egg Export Council has expressed interest in supporting player’s in  Ghana’s poultry industry with capacity building programmes to enhance productivity in the sector.   The Director of Technical Services Dr Mark Lobstein of the USAPEEC told a delegation of officials of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and the other players in the poultry industry that the USAPEEC could collaborate with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide technical assistance to the local poultry industry. “We will access the needs of the Ghana poultry growers and then discuss ways we can facilitate the growth of the poultry industry in Ghana with the assistance of the government,” he said. USAPEEC is a non-profit trade association whose members account for more than 95 per cent of all U.S. poultry and egg exports. USAPEEC exists for the purpose of increasing U.S. poultry & egg exports by protecting, opening and developi...

 From Atlanta Georgia,USA Courtesy: USA Poultry and Egg Export Council The US has re-elected Mr  Barack Obama as President repeating  the historical moment of 2008 but this time with a rather  rather stiff challenge from Republican contender, Governor Mitt Romney. While President  Obama garnered 60 , 662,601 constituting 50 % of the popular votes and 303 electoral college votes,Mr Romney polled 57,821,399 which is 48 % of the popular votes and 48%  and 206 electoral college votes. Mr Obama’s  victory has been a tough one as he  struggled with putting a  bad economy in shape, high unemployment and a splintered political landscape to win a second term in the White House  defeating his  challenger  by winning  several key battleground states and denying his opponent  any inroads in traditional Democratic strongholds. The Democratic presidential candidate swept the North...

  From Atlanta, Georgia,USA Courtesy: USA Poultry and Egg Export Council After months of campaigning and overtures, the two contenders, in the US elections are wrapping up their campaigns concentrating on the swing states in which their ambition hinges. Virtually all of the nine home-stretch battle states: Ohio, Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, Colorado, Nevada, Wisconsin, Iowa and New Hampshire are receiving personal attention from the two camps or members of their teams. A third candidate in the race, Libertarian Garry Johnson, appears to have been drowned in the campaign pool totally dominated by the two rivals whose advertising bills run into more than a billion dollars. Polling shows the race remains a fifty-fifty heading into the final days. But Romney still has the tougher hurdle; he must win more of the nine most-contested states to reach 270 electoral votes. With Ohio being the pivotal point, President Barack Obama and his Republican chall...