This paper examines policy coherence in Ghana's poultry sector by assessing potential interactions between policy objectives. Using panel simultaneous equation models and the data-driven synthetic control method, we analyze the effects of policy interventions on domestic poultry production...

Indonesia has a promising broiler chicken meat industry with an estimated production growth of 2.3 million tonnes over 10 years. Amidst this rising production, chicken consumption among Indonesians is also increasing, although still lower than other animal protein sources like eggs and fish. The...

The study was conducted from September 21, 2022, to October 19, 2022. It aimed to determine the effect of malunggay aqueous leaf extract as dietary supplement on the production performance of broiler chicken. Specifically, it aimed to evaluate its growth response and the economic performance in...

Poultry production in Mozambique occupies a prominent place in the agricultural sector, especially because it is attractive for the promotion of entrepreneurship and self-employment. These facts are due to the short cycle and a large increase in the consumption of poultry products. However,...

Sanitary requirements, geopolitical crises, and other factors that increase price volatility have an impact on the organization of markets and changes in investment policies and business strategies. The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted the trade of chicken meat, due to the drastic reduction in the...

Poultry has been the fastest growing sector of Indian agriculture over the last two decades. Between 2000 and 2020, India's poultry meat and egg production grew at an annual average rate of growth of 9.2 percent and 7.2 percent, respectively. For comparison, cereal production grew just 1.5...

From 1 January-24 October 2023, 335 laboratory-confirmed Salmonella Enteritidis ST11 cases belonging to three distinct microbiological clusters have been reported in 14 EU/EEA countries, the United Kingdom and the United States, affecting all age groups. Most interviewed cases reported...

Broiler chickens are specially raised for meat production and their supply chain is composed of breeders, hatcheries, feed mills, farms, slaughterhouses, wholesalers, and retailers. The coordination between supply chain players has great potential to streamline production and increase...

Small-scale broiler farming has become one of the fastest-growing sub-sectors in Zimbabwe. However, the profitability levels of these small ventures have been questioned due to the rising production costs owing to the highly inflationary macroeconomic environment. Using a sample of 110...

Senegal banned all imports of uncooked poultry meat in 2006 in response to Avian Influenza outbreaks in many exporting countries. This paper investigates the effects of the import ban on domestic chicken meat production and the performance of Senegal's broiler farms. To do so, we employ various...

Although extensive studies have been carried out on ascites syndrome (AS) in broilers, the pathogenesis of this syndrome remains unclear. In this study, the AS model was successfully developed, and lung tissues of three AS broilers and three healthy broilers were obtained for RNA sequencing...

Production of livestock, poultry, and dairy are private sector-led industries contributing a third of the agricultural sector's output, despite relative neglect in terms of government support. The dual outbreak of African Swine Fever in 2019 and COVID19 pandemic in 2020 has renewed government...

The South African poultry industry plays an important food security contributory role, hence, consumer and producer interests ought to be accounted for in order to maintain the long term value of the industry in the presence of import competition. This study used the Error Correction Model (ECM)...

"In 2003, Leon Fink published his oral history of Guatemalan and Mexican migrants in Morganton, North Carolina, and their fight for unionization in a poultry processing plant. In the years since, Fink remained in touch with many of the people he profiled in the book, and in 2022 he returned to...

"The Sick Chicken Case investigates the US Supreme Court decisions that dealt mortal blows to two pieces of legislation and one presidential action of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the liberal Democrats' New Deal. In A.L.A Schechter Poultry v. U.S., the court declared the National...

Chicken eggs contribute substantially to the human nutrition and so their dietary profile including lipid, cholesterol and antioxidant contents are particularly important. In addition, because yolk weight is related to the amount of cholesterol, choice for the nutritionally potential and...

This study estimated poultry farmers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for fly larvae meal as animal protein source to feed local chickens in Benin. A double-bounded contingent valuation approach was used to collect data from 480 poultry farmers, and an interval regression model was performed. We...

Productivity study revealed that Sonali breed was the highest in production number in both the government (GOV) and private (PRI) poultry farms in Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Moreover, Sonali attained the highest production in the fiscal years 2011-12 and 2012-13. The BCF attained the maximum profit...

In a series of experiments, pathogenic bacteria from poultry feeds and moribund hens’ reproductive organs were isolated and identified, and susceptibility of the bacteria to a number of antibiotics was assessed. Four types of branded poultry feeds available in Rajshahi City Corporation areas...

This paper investigates the potential effects of trade restrictions and alternative tariff policies, including a tariff wedge between feed and final products on the Ghanaian poultry producers. We apply a hybrid approach that uses qualitative results of a Delphi study to define scenarios for a...

COVID-19 is a disruption that impacts broiler farmers in rural areas of Banyumas Regency, Indonesia. The COVID 19 outbreak has presented uncertainty in carrying out business activities. Making business decisions in dealing with COVID-19 needed to reduce business uncertainty. Broiler farmers are...

Poultry farming is one of the most dynamic agricultural sectors in Romania. Currently, the production activity in the poultry sector registers a downward trend at national and European level, however, Romania is among the main member countries of the European Union producing eggs for...

The study aimed to analyze the evolution of the poultry sector in Romania in the period 2007-2019. The main indicators studied in the poultry sector were: poultry, meat production, eggs production, consumption, producer prices, imports and exports. The research method was based on a quantitative...

Poultry is considered as an agro based industry which provides more employment and earning opportunities to the rural people. Poultry products are treated as ever demand products, vast export potentials and help in the promotion of the allied industries such as veterinary paramedical, feed...