Kathmandu – The poultry farmers here have been worrying over the decline in business with the enforcement of lockdown in the wake of escalating risk of COVID-19. There is no market for the sale of eggs produced in the farms. The product will decay if it is stored in the farm for long.
For not having proper air-cooled storage, eggs rot soon, said Dhirendra Saud, adding that the chicken of layers species are raised for eggs. It is difficult to manage feed to the chicken too. He further said, “Some 2,000 hens had begun laying eggs in his farm. But there is no market at all to sell the eggs.” Saud had invested Rs 1.5 million for the poultry farming. If the lockdown continues, there is no option but to destroy the eggs worth over than half million rupees.
Another poultry farmer Jay Bahadur Air said, “In order to run a poultry farm, Rs 12,000 is spent in a day- to manage feed, medicine, electricity and pay to worker
Read the full story on Ratopati
The post Poultry farmers worried over dwindling business appeared on Nepal123.com.
No comments:
Post a Comment