Competition Council reveals reasons for fluctuating poultry prices in Morocco

Published 2024년 12월 8일

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The Competition Council of Morocco has expressed concerns about the state of the country's compound feed market, particularly within the poultry farming sector. The report highlights several challenges that are hindering the sector's growth and structure, including poor access to banking financing, an unstructured market, and a heavy reliance on unlicensed and unregulated activities. The sector is also plagued by the influence of intermediaries, long payment terms from feed manufacturers, and fluctuating prices, all of which contribute to an unstable financial environment for farmers. Additionally, the sector's lack of competition, dominated by a few large vertically integrated companies, exacerbates these issues. The report underscores the need for structural reforms and regulatory improvements to address these challenges and foster a more competitive and sustainable poultry farming sector.
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The Competition Council, in its opinion on “The competitive situation of the compound feed market in Morocco”, stressed that the poultry farming sector plays an important role in the national agricultural economy, but it remains unstructured and suffers from poor access to bank financing, due to several factors. The Council said that several problems continue to affect the sector, especially in its downstream aspect, and that the live poultry market constitutes an obstacle to the integration of the various components of the value chain. According to the Supreme Council of Accounts, about 90 percent of live poultry meat is marketed through traditional slaughterhouses (riashat), estimated at 15,000. In parallel, the sector suffers from the interference of intermediaries and the activity is carried out by unstructured and unlicensed units. The Council stressed that another major dilemma facing the sector is related to the size of the holdings intended for raising broiler chickens in ...
Source: Kech24.ua

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