Tanzania: High number of poultry farmers lead to sharp price fall

TANZANIA Meat Board (TMB) has said the increase in poultry farmers is the major reason for the increase in supply of birds in the market that resulted in the huge drop in prices. TMB Registrar, Dr Daniel Mushi said in Dar es Salaam yesterday that the information gathered from stakeholders in the poultry industry has uncovered that poultry meat imports are not the reason for the price decline in the market. "The huge number of poultry farmers targeting the year-end festive season is behind the sharp rise in the supply of the birds in the market and fall of price," he said. The registrar noted that experience shows most poultry farmers target huge demand in the year-end festive season, but this time around the season has not been in favour of the farmers due to a sharp drop in prices contributed by the increased supply of birds in the market. He talked of the need for attracting investments in modern abattoirs, equipped with cold rooms for conservation of poultry meat, particularly ...