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Tips to boost your profits as a poultry farmer

Chickens on traditional free-range poultry farm [iStockphoto]

The poultry sector has been growing for the last 10 years thanks to the growth of the urban population and a middle class with disposable income and an increase in demand for cheap animal protein.

Despite this rapid growth, our poultry industry still cannot compete with other big producers in South Africa, Egypt, Morrocco, Nigeria, and Zambia not to mention global players in US, Asia, and Europe. Why? Ours is still a large backyard-keeping system.

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