Wholesale prices have crashed 60% for chicken and 27% for eggs as companies and suppliers grapple with a reduction in demand.Online food and grocery operators such as Grofers and BigBasket as well as meat delivery companies have been extending larger discounts on chicken-based products since the weekend.
Bird flu: Chicken demand nosedives; mutton prices reach Rs 800 per kg
The demand of chicken and chicken products has fallen by over 70 to 80 per cent while prices came down by 50 per cent, according to the President of Poultry Federation of India, Ramesh Khatri
BusinessToday.In | January 10, 2021 | Updated 20:26 IST
Bird flu update:States like Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh have reported bird flu outbreak
As bird flu spreads to seven states across India, the sale of chicken and poultry products have been affected the most. The demand of chicken and chicken products has fallen by over 70 to 80 per cent while prices came down by 50 per cent, according to the President of Poultry Federation of India, Ramesh Khatri. He further added demand for chicken and chicken products is declining due to the restrictions on interstate poultry movement in Punjab, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana.
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A man carries chicken at Ghazipur Murga Mandi, in New Delhi.
After the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc on the country s poultry industry, it is now reeling under the fresh threat of the bird flu infection. Due to the fear of bird flu, the sale of chicken and chicken products have been the worst-hit. Especially in north India, the poultry industry has been badly affected by ban on the transportation of hens from one state to another. A delegation from the industry is scheduled to meet the central government on Sunday.
The cases of bird flu in poultry chickens have so far been found only in Haryana while most of them have been found in wild birds or migratory birds elsewhere and some cases have also been found in poultry ducks.
Poultry industry hit by bird flu fears, chicken prices drop by 50%
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Karnataka district bans poultry from bird flu-bit Kerala . Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Jan 10 : After the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc on the country s poultry industry, it is now reeling under the fresh threat of the bird flu infection. Due to the fear of bird flu, the sale of chicken and chicken products have been the worst-hit.
Especially in north India, the poultry industry has been badly affected by ban on the transportation of hens from one state to another. A delegation from the industry is scheduled to meet the central government on Sunday.