Photo taken on March 3, 2023, shows a flock of ducks at Taikkyi Township in Yangon, Myanmar. (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/ Xinhua)
Myanmar's poultry business suffers losses amid the soaring feed price, with the cost of broken rice as animal feed increased 33 percent, leading to a lowered production rate, according to local layer ducks farm owner.
YANGON, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Burmese layer ducks farm owners face loss due to the rocketing feed price.
Layer ducks farm owner Ko Naing from Yangon Region put his ducks up for sale at 5,000 kyats (about 2.38 U.S. dollars) per head for an outright sale.
"The feed cost is exorbitantly high. The price of broken rice as animal feed went up 33 percent. Besides, the production rate has declined," he said.
"The quality of the feed is changed to inferior state. Although the layer ducks fed well, the egg production plunged compared to the previous record," added another duck farmer Ko Kyaw Swar.
Meanwhile, the price of duck eggs is headed for a decrease.
An employee works at a fish drying factory in Yangon, Myanmar, Feb. 28, 2023. (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)
The fishery sector is also facing burdens of high feed cost. Entrepreneurs have requested government efforts on the price stability of raw materials.
However, U Khin Hlaing, vice chair of Myanmar Livestock Federation, said layer poultry farms are financially doing well, and the federation has a plan to conduct awareness courses to boost production for the livestock breeders.■
