AA & S’ cockerel program is designed to supply improved breeds of cockerels, vaccinated at day old against major poultry diseases, to selected beneficiary farmers at a subsidized price.

The objectives are to enhance food security, increase intake of animal protein as well as the income earning capacity of rural dwellers particularly women with the view to reducing poverty among small scale poultry farmers.

It is also designed to meet the country’s meat deficit and introduce farmers into commercial poultry production.