Prices for chicken and eggs are still high, how much do they cost?

Last week, reports from the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri) indicated that chicken price in Lima it was about 12 sols and a kilo of eggs sold for about 8 sols but are they still growing?

A recent report from the RPP Noticias team shows that bird prices remain the same as last week.

In the Caqueta market in San Martin de Porres (Lima), the retail price of chicken reaches SGD 11.50.

The lowest you can find bird in some establishments it is SGD 9.80 per kilo, while wholesale chicken sells for at least SGD 7 per kilo.

Likewise, eggs that last week sold for S$9 have risen in price by S$0.50 per kilo. This means that about 15 units are currently being sold at S/9.50.

But why is the price going up? Minister of Agrarian Development and Irrigation Nelli Paredes noted that this growth is a response to the lack of soy which is imported from Bolivia and enters Peru via Puno.

Under the road blockade due to social conflicts, the supply of bird food was reduced, and the price rose.

In addition to this, poultry farmers also indicate that they suffer from bird flu.

Avian flu, how could it affect Peru?

Up to mid-February, more than 100 million birds were reported to have been slaughtered worldwide due to the bird flu outbreak, according to the World Organization for Animal Health.

In Peru, the Association of Poultry Farmers of the South (avisur) warns that almost half a million breeding hens and about 100,000 laying hens have died due to bird flu.

This number of lost breeding hens implies the production of more or less 15 or 16 million chicks per month that will no longer be born. Thus, less poultry production increases price industry products.

“Obviously it will be felt next month. In the first days of April, along the way, the chicken will donate 15 soles to the population, and the egg – within 11 or 12 soles, ”said an Avisur representative. Alex Geri.

It should be remembered that in the past month alone, chicken prices have risen by 10.78% across the country due to these complications faced by poultry farmers.