Butchers and livestock dealers in Kumasi warn beef prices could surge before Christmas after Burkina Faso's livestock export ban cut off cattle supplies.

Published 10 Nov 2026, 07:28 GMT

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Beef carcasses hanging at the Kumasi Abattoir — Kumasi Abattoir

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The Kumasi Abattoir is operating far below capacity after a cattle export ban imposed by Burkina Faso left kraals at the Ashanti Region's main meat hub without new stock for over a month.

Wahab Ibrahim Tikuma, Chief Butcher at the facility and Vice President of the Butchers Association, told the Ghana News Agency on Monday, November 9, that the prolonged shortage is driving up beef prices across the Kumasi metropolis.

Officials at the Kumasi Abattoir said the supply crunch is steadily eroding the company's revenue mobilisation and cutting the volume of meat processed for distribution across the Ashanti Region and surrounding areas.

Live animal exports earned about 11.8 billion CFA francs in 2024, but Ouagadougou now wants to sell processed meat abroad instead.

The Faso Abattoir Agency, established in April 2025, is intended to modernise the country's slaughterhouses as part of that shift.

Berre warned that beef prices will surge ahead of the Christmas festivities if the impasse continues, adding that several struggling butchers already face closure.

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Kumasi Abattoir hit by cattle shortage after Burkina Faso export ban

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