Mozambique considers ‘stopping’ chicken imports faced with increased national production

The livestock sector grew 9% in 2020, with emphasis on poultry, which produced more than 10 thousand tons of chicken and more than 2.9 million dozen eggs. The country is rapidly moving towards achieving its self-sufficiency in chicken production, thanks to new investments being made in the sector. Data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADER) show that as a result of the injection of financial resources from investors, there has also been an increase in the productivity levels of hatching eggs and chicks, in a context in which the Government has cut back chicken import quotas. The results show that, despite the economic difficulties and impacts caused by the covid-19 pandemic and terrorism in the north of Cabo Delgado, poultry farming kept the pace of growth of recent years, as well as agriculture in general. “Given this scenario, I was in conversation with the minister of Industry and Commerce to see if it was possible to stop the importation of chickens or ...