Gambia: Domestic poultry production at risk due to shortage of feed

Published 2022년 5월 18일

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Poultry producers in the country are facing a crisis due to a shortage of poultry feed, with over 200,000 birds at risk of death. The price of chicken feed has surged by 60% for 'wheat bran' and 50% for corn, due to the global supply chain disruption caused by the war in Ukraine. The situation is severe, with poultry farmers struggling to feed their birds and facing potential job losses. The managing director of Gam-Holland Heavens feed producers, Assan Secka, has urged the farming community to grow more maize to sell to poultry feed producing companies, which could generate extra income for them. He also called on the authorities to address the crisis and look into the sector to prevent job and income loss.

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Accordong to information gathered by these reporters, domstic poultry producers face high risks of loosing their birds due to shortage of poultry feed. According to Assan Secka, managing director of Gam-Holland Heavens feed producers, more than 200, 000 birds face the risk of dying due to shortage of poultry feed across the country. "It is worse than the pandemic. I can tell you that more than 200, 000 chickens can die due to lack of poultry feed, and we cannot get poultry feed from Senegal because they too have shortage (feed) and are trying to manage the little they have to be able to supply their farmers," a seemingly discouraged Secka told these reporters. According to Secka, the price of chicken feed referred as 'wheat bran' has jumped to 60%, while that of corn rose to 50%, due to the global supply chain that has beeen affected by the war in Ukraine. Secka said most poultry producers risk loosing their jobs as well, due to the shorrtage of chicken feed, saying hundreds of ...

Source: All Africa