The prices of chicken are yet to come down in the twin cities depriving low income people from a source of protein.
The price of live chicken in the retail market reached Rs 170-180 per kilo, whereas eggs were being sold at Rs 80 per dozen.
The increasing cost of poultry production is main cause in rise of chicken price, Chairman, Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA) Khalid Saleem Malik said, while talking to APP on Friday.
The chicken which was the cheapest source of protein for major portion of population of the country is now out of the reach like other sources of protein including beef and mutton.
Commenting on the situation, President PPA said that production of maize and soybean crops decreased in the country therefore the farmers had to import feed from Brazil and other countries which caused the price hike in poultry feed.
He said the recent price hike in poultry products was temporary and due to less supply and more demand.
Former President PPA Hassan Sarosh said the recent hike in poultry products prices was temporary and PPA would evolve consensus to provide cheap poultry product to common masses by the mid of this month.
He said that current raise in poultry feed prices was the cause of less production, adding that the increase in prices of poultry feeds and medicines also effected the chicken rates in last couple of years.
Sarosh said that Pakistan have big opportunity to import “Halal Chicken” meat to the world market and can earn huge foreign reserve.
He said poultry industry have contribution worth Rs 700 billion in local market after the textile industry, which supports the government to enhance the export level and compete to other regional countries, who earn foreign reserve from poultry in international market.
