YANGON: Poultry business in Myanmar is facing loss due to the rocketing feed prices.
Burmese layer ducks farm owners are putting their ducks up for sale as price of broken rice animal feed went up by 33 per cent.
Farmers say the quality of the feed has also declined, causing egg production to plunge. Meanwhile, the price of duck eggs is also expected to decline.The fishery sector is also facing burdens of the high feed costs. Entrepreneurs have appealed to the government to make efforts for stabilitizing the prices of raw materials. However, U Khin Hlaing, vice chair of the Myanmar Livestock Federation, said layer poultry farms were financially doing well, and the federation has setup a plan to conduct awareness courses to increase production for livestock breeders.
Myanmar’s Poultry Industry
Most of the agricultural households in Myanmar engage in poultry production which is the most considerable livestock production activity in the country. The poultry raised comprises different species such as chicken, duck, turkey, geese and Muscovy duck.
From 2009 to 2018, chicken and ducks accounted for 91.3 percent and 7.7 percent of the total poultry population in the country and only the remaining 1 percent accounted for other species.
