Published 23 Nov,2020 via The Nation - HIGH -feed prices are causing financial losses to husbandry households and farms, especially those that raise poultry, the International Network for Family Poultry Development (INFPD) has said.
Coordinator, International Network for Family Poultry Development (INFPD), Prof Babafunso Sonaiya, who served as Head of Department of Animal Sciences, Dean of Faculty of Agriculture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Oyo State said increasing feed prices translated to high production costs because feed accounts for 87 per cent of the total cost of production.
Feed prices for poultry, have risen over the past four months as raw materials used for feed, such as corn, rice bran and fish flour, and have continued to rise.
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