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Farm Profile
Yawo farms began as a backyard vegetable garden at Pedu Estates in the Central Region in 1998. The farm was relocated to Ho (Ghana Food Distribution Corporation) yard from 1999 to 2003. During period, sheep were added to the vegetable farming.
The farm was finally established at Ayikuma Gbogbojiri in the Dangme West District Assembly in the year 2003. It was registered in 2004 with the Registrar General’s Department in October 2004 as an Animal husbandry and Cashew Plantation.
The reason for its relocation was that as an Area Manager for the defunct Ghana Food Distribution Corporation (GFDC), the farmer establishes a farm at any region he was transferred to.
Our animals gaze on different types of grasses planted specially for them. We have planted fruit and special trees for their feeding which serve as a shade trees for them. Yawo Farms won the District best Sheep and Goat farmer award in 2007 and in 2009 won the Regional best Piggery award.
Mission Statement
Our Mission is to produce good quality pigs (lean pork), free ranged chickens, ducks, geese, guinea fowls, turkeys, sheep and goats.
Vision Statement
Our goal is to have different types of animals on the farm to cater for the entire choices of our customers. To achieve this, we plan to expand our distribution systems from whole selling to home delivery point and choose selection. We will also to include parties and other social gathering catering services such as site grilling and others.
Our Focus
Our focus is meeting our customers’ needs satisfactory, by delivering good quality products to satisfy their various consumption requirements. This achievement can be done by creating a reliable niche market to serve them happily.
Our Services
Deliveries are made within three hours after slaughtering to our intermediaries whilst door to door products are frozen before distributions. Site services like grilling and other preparation are done upon request. Eggs distributions are done on specific days at the farm and distribution to middle men, users and final consumers are supplied by us.
Our Team
Our greatest asset is our team who are married to the job. Our core focus is breading and rearing healthy animals. Farming is our passion which we do with dedicated team members who know their roles and responsibilities and by working according to achieve targets. We serve the best livestock products to suit the various tastes of our market.
Our Approach
We started our as a backyard garden growing vegetables at Pedu estate bungalow number 149 at Cape Coast. When it was relocated to Ho in the yard of Ghana Food Distribution Corporation, we started rearing sheep in addition to the vegetable farming, because the land was big.
For the past 22 years we have been farming and truly love what we do. We have always been, and will continue to be, totally committed to the kind treatment we give to our animals during their life time. Their welfare is our utmost priority because we want to serve our customers with quality products. We have standby veterinary officers for any unforeseen circumstance that may arise.
We have introduced free range feeding systems for the animals and they roam happily grazing, enjoying freedom and rest under trees as if they are still in the wild. The grasses are always green because we spread manure on them and water them during the dry season.
Our Products
Ruminants
We produce delicious meats from our sheep and goats. Acacia and other trees, carpet, tall and long grasses are planted specially for them. We have the two types of breeds for both the sheep and goats that is “the Dwarf and Long-legged”
Pigs
We have the Large White, Landrace, Murom and the spotted types of pigs. These animals we bred and raised to produce quality lean pork. We buy their food ingredients to prepare their feed also they are grass fed by releasing them in the field.
Poultry
We have free range cross bred chicken which are raised for reproduction and meat. Layers and broilers are raised for the egg and meat segment but these birds are caged. The Turkeys and Guinea fowls are both free ranged and domesticated.
Water Fowls
The Pekings and Rouen ducks are separated from Muscovy ducks as well as the Geese. These water fowls have their separate ponds and they are opened for gazing. Our production chain is from the hatchery to the plate.
