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Poultry sector plunges into crisis in Andhra pradesh
Poultry Sector Plunges Into Crisis In Andhra pradesh. Poultry sector in Andhra Pradesh is in yet another crisis with surplus capacity leading to steep fall in prices of chicken products.
Prices of chicken products fall almost 50 per cent across the State; Consumption down by about 35 per cent.
Price of dressed chicken which was around Rs 150-a-kg two months fell to around Rs 85 while that of skinless variety which went up to Rs 200-a-kg is now at Rs 102.
- Poultry sector capacity went up 55 per cent in last two years
- ‘Karthika’ month hit the sector hard
Hyderabad: Poultry sector in Andhra Pradesh is in yet another crisis with surplus capacity leading to steep fall in prices of chicken products. The ongoing Karthika masam during which many people refrain from eating non-vegetarian food, had compounded the problems as the overall consumption also declined by almost 35 per cent across Andhra Pradesh.
“Poultry sector in Andhra Pradesh is very bad shape now on account of fall in demand as well as fall prices. Added to that, prices of poultry feed have also gone up. As a result, poultry farmers are losing heavily on the broiler chicken they are selling. Though we have seen many crisis, this is of highest order as farmers are being squeezed from all sides,” D Sudhakar, President, Andhra Pradesh Poultry Federation (APPF), told the Hans India.
According to him, price of dressed chicken which was around 150-a-kg two months fell to around Rs 85 while that of skinless variety which went up to Rs 200-a-kg is now at Rs 102. Farmers who sell eggs are also not getting remunerative prices, he added.
He blamed surplus capacity as one of the reasons for the crisis. “AP government had encouraged poultry industry on a large-scale in the past few years to meet agriculture growth targets. As a consequence, the overall capacity of poultry sector has increased by 55 per cent in the last two years. But there is no similar growth on the demand side,” Sudhakar explained.
As per rough estimates, post-expansion, the capacity for broiler birds in AP increased to 3.5 crore birds while the total population of layer birds went up to nine crore. However, some of this capacity is used for meeting the demand from outside the state. “Nearly 35 per cent of the poultry products produced in AP were used to be sold in other states. Now, that demand is also coming down as capacity is also being increased in other states,” a poultry industry veteran said.
