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2:45 CAT | 14 May 2021
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The rise in the price of feed may compromise poultry farming in the city and province of Maputo, locations which register the highest demand for chicken in the country.
Until the beginning of this year, a 50 kg bag of feed was selling for between 2,350 and 2,400 meticais. Now, it costs 2,900 meticais in some outlets in the country’s capital.
The president of the Maputo Poultry Association (ADAM), Fátima Mussagy, maintains that vendors are speculating on the price at an inappropriate time, when the business is unprofitable due to the lack of customers, who are feeling the impact of Covid -19.
“Some restaurants, potential customers, have closed, and others have curt back on purchases,” she said.
Mussagy added that the chicken currently being produced is not of good quality, in terms of growth, a situation that leads members of the association to suspect bird flu.
Natércia Massingue, a poultry farmer in Albasine, says that the price of the feed could go even higher in coming days, due to the ban on imports of poultry and derivatives from South Africa, the only supplier of raw material in the region.
‘Notícias’ contacted some establishments dedicated to the production and sale of feed, who confirmed the new price range.
Francisco, responsible for sales at one of the HIGEST establishments, said that, unlike the other centres, his establishment had increased the price of feed by only 200 meticais.
“Corn, soybeans and concentrate are scarce again, which is why prices are fluctuating,” he explained.
Source: Notícias
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