By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani has opened the largest private poultry project in Iraq, located in Karbala. With an annual production capacity exceeding 3 billion eggs and 340,000 tons of meat, the project aims to meet local market demands. During the opening, Prime Minister Al-Sudani emphasized the project's role in achieving self-sufficiency, […]
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Iraqi Govt to Support Poultry Sector
Translated by L. Bedrosian. The Iraqi Minister of Agriculture has confirmed the import of yellow corn and soybeans to increase the production of poultry and eggs. Mohammed Al-Khafaji told a meeting with poultry producers and breeders that the ministry will provide the necessary support and facilities for breeders and investors in setting up projects and […]
Improving Women’s Livelihoods in Ninewah
For a young Yazidi woman who survived upheaval and displacement in northern Iraq, hope and stability finally arrived in an unexpected form: plump brown quails, and their tiny speckled eggs. Gulistan, 23, lives in the predominantly Christian and Yazidi district of Alqosh in the northern reaches of Ninewah Governorate. In the summer of 2014, the […]
Avangardco Iraq Business falls by half
By John Lee. Ukrainian egg producer Avangardco has said that its exports of shell eggs decreased by 50 percent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2016, due to what it described as "the unstable situation in Iraq". In the period, the company sold 59 mln units to Iraq, down from 119 mln units in 3Q […]
Egg Imports Down on "Unstable Situation"
By John Lee. Avangardco, the largest producer of shell eggs and dry egg products in Ukraine and number one producer in Europe, has blamed a sharp decrease in exports on the "unstable situation in Iraq". In its results statement for the first quarter of 2016, the company said: "... exports of shell eggs decreased by 31% […]
Higher Iraqi Taxes hit Turkish Poultry Exporters
By John Lee. New taxes in force since the beginning of last week mean that Turkish producers exporting into Iraq now need to pay US$290 per ton of exported chicken meat, rather than $35 previously. As a result, the Turkish poultry sector, which has the fourth largest share in the world’s poultry market, risks losing […]