Journal
ANIMALS
Volume 12, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ani12050644
Keywords
COVID-19; smallholder poultry; sustain ability; poultry supply chain; developing countries
Funding
- Institutional Fund Projects [IFPRP-390-155-1442]
- Ministry of Education and King Abdulaziz University
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Poultry farming is an important economic contributor in developing countries, but it has been heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, especially due to restrictions on exporting necessary supplies. Coordinated efforts at both private and government levels are needed to provide loans and help farms restore normal production and market operations.
Poultry farming is a significant source of revenue generation for small farmers in developing countries. It plays a vital role in fulfilling the daily protein requirements of humans through meat and eggs consumption. The recently emerged pandemic Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) impacts the poultry production sector. Although the whole world is affected, these impacts may be more severe in developing countries due to their dependency on exporting necessary supplies such as feed, vaccines, drugs, and utensils. In this review, we have discussed poultry production in developing countries under the COVID-19 crisis and measures to regain the loss in the poultry industries. Generally, due to the lockdown, trade limitations have negatively impacted poultry industries, which might exacerbate global poverty. Coordinated activities have to be taken at the private and government levels to arrange soft loans so that these farms can restore their production and marketing to normal levels. In addition, here, we have focused on the supply of farm input, feed, other raw materials, management system, improved breeding efficiency, veterinary services, and marketing of egg and meat, which have to be ensured to secure a sustainable poultry production chain.
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