The “omega-3 fatty acids fortified eggs” project, is the brain child of Dr. Jacob Alhassan Hamidu, an Animal Scientist.  The 2015 Research Report of the University said it had received 112,000.00  Canadian dollars funding under the “Stars in Global Health” programme, which supports  bold ideas and high impact innovations by scientists in both low and middle income  countries.

It indicated that outside Africa, people “consume omega 3 eggs and products but  this comes at a high cost”.   The university’s lead researcher, it said “seeks to find ways to make it more  affordable and accessible” to children not only in the country but the rest of the  continent.

 The report underlined that “flax oil and flax seed contain high levels of omega  3, which is essential for brain development and helps reduce cardiovascular diseases in  adults”.   It was with this in mind that that, Dr. Hamidu decided to focus on children,  convinced that “if we could dispense omega 3 through eggs compared to the practice of  giving pills as nutrition intervention, we could increase its acceptability among rural  people”.

 “The designer eggs would then be more acceptable; and accessibility and  consumption would be increased since children love eggs”, it added.    The average Ghanaian is estimated to consume between 12 and 18 eggs in a year  and this needs to radically increase, considering the enormous nutritional benefits of  eggs – a very good source of inexpensive, high quality protein.