Avisur warns of a shortage of eggs and chickens in the markets of Lima and other cities

A new challenge will have to be taken up by Peruvian families within the family basket and that is that, according to the Southern Poultry Association (it was a bird), reported that not only the price of chicken will increase in the coming weeks, but there will be a shortage of this meat so consumed by Peruvians.

This warning affects not only households, but also traders in various markets, as it will cause a delay in their economy, severely affecting the sales activity of this bird.

A few days ago the Latina TV news toured some markets in the capital and among the traders one of them explained that if 70 chickens were bought before, now they only buy 45 at 30, it means that the purchase of this meat has decreased because many housewives do not buy because of the increase in prices.

In this direction, Pedro José de Zavala, director of Avisur, warned that this price increase and the rarity of this bird could be averaged between the month of April, which could generate an increase of up to 15 soles per kilo.

it was a bird He said it is estimated that between 15 and 16 million chicks were lost after the increase in bird flu cases, resulting in a shortage.

“And this half million breeders, it’s more or less 15 or 16 million chicks lost per month, when there is a lack of chicks, they have to be imported,” he told Exitosa.

In addition, we have learned that more than 100,000 laying hens have died from this virus, seriously affecting the country’s poultry industry.

This, unfortunately, will also lead to an increase in the price of eggs and, in the worst case, they will not be registered in the main markets of the capital.

After the Southern Poultry Breeders Association (Avisur) warned that the price of chicken could rise to 15 soles per kilo In April, the Minister of Agrarian Development and Irrigation, Nelly Paredes, indicated that her sector was taking measures to cope with the increase in the cost of this bird, which is the most consumed by all Peruvians.

The owner of Midagri announced that almost 17 million eggs fertile which will be distributed to the various poultry farms in the country.

“They will arrive 17 million fertile eggs up to three weeks to ensure that the protein that is consumed the most, which is chicken. During this week, 2 million eggs have already arrived ready to hatch so that they can be reared by the poultry farmers”.

The price of chicken continues to rise in price, according to RPP Noticias, this week it was costing an average of S11.87 per kilo in the retail markets of Lima and S11.50 in Arequipa, according to the latest reports from the ministry of Agriculture Development and Irrigation (Midagri). But this meat could be more expensive in the coming weeks.

The president of the La Libertad Chamber of Commerce (CCLL)Alfonso Medrano Samamé, indicated that efforts have been coordinated to prioritize the application of vaccines to birds throughout the country, and thus prevent the spread of bird flu, which has already recorded cases in Lima, Ica, Piura, Lambayeque and some areas around La Liberté.

He said that La Libertad is the second largest poultry producer nationally and from the La Libertad Chamber of Commerce it was managed before the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagria) the urgent need to approve the headquarters resolution that allows the vaccination of birds.