Eggs are being sold in a supermarket (Photo: AFP/VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Indonesia is setto implement a plan to destroy millions of eggs in a bid to prop up slumpingchicken prices, calling on poultry breeders to cut supply by either destroying eggsor giving them away.
The French news agency AFP quoted I KetutDiarmita, director general of Livestock and Animal Health Services of Indonesiaas saying that the only way to bolster chicken prices is to discard 10 millioneggs.
Dozens of firms are expected to take partin destroying the eggs, according to the country’s Poultry BreedingAssociation.
Indonesian officials hope reducing thenumber of eggs will cut chicken supplies and boost market prices.
Cheap chicken may be good for consumers,but it has caused damage to the poultry industry. According to officialfigures, chicken prices in Indonesia have dropped by 25 percent this year to athree-year low.-VNA
The French news agency AFP quoted I KetutDiarmita, director general of Livestock and Animal Health Services of Indonesiaas saying that the only way to bolster chicken prices is to discard 10 millioneggs.
Dozens of firms are expected to take partin destroying the eggs, according to the country’s Poultry BreedingAssociation.
Indonesian officials hope reducing thenumber of eggs will cut chicken supplies and boost market prices.
Cheap chicken may be good for consumers,but it has caused damage to the poultry industry. According to officialfigures, chicken prices in Indonesia have dropped by 25 percent this year to athree-year low.-VNA
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