Guyana exploring each avenue to strengthen, improve the poultry industry

– As the bird flu strikes us, “said President Ali

Guyana is not lazily while avian flu (bird flu) rocks the world supply chain, the president, Dr. Irfaan Ali said, noting that there is continuous efforts to increase local production of chickens of chickens flesh.

The president said this during a recent live broadcast, where he approached the bird flu epidemic, which affected several large nations like the United States.
Guyana imports more than 52 million eggs to hatch and this year, demand will increase, said President Ali. It is important to understand that almost all of these egg eggs come from the United States
In the United States, more than 20 million laying chickens in the United States died in the last quarter due to the bird flu, data from the US Department of Agriculture is presented.
This is the greatest number to hit the supply of the country’s eggs since the start of the epidemic.

Most of the eggs bloated imported from Guyana, if not all, come from Georgia and Miami, noted the president.
These areas have not yet been affected by the bird flu, but the epidemic has always disrupted the supply chain in the United States.

“When you have a situation where the United States, which is a major player on the market, have such an important impact, then of course, they will have to respond to their local requests and of course, this will have an impact on the channel D ‘Global supply, ”said President Ali.

In particular, although the Guyana poultry industry has experienced significant growth, President Ali said: “We are trying to develop our production of flesh powder, demand should increase considerably this year.”

In this regard, efforts are made to support local farmers in order to increase production.
For the first time, Guyana was able to produce eggs to hatch due to a pilot program launched last year. Due to this program, Guyana was able to produce a million hatching eggs.
The Head of State then declared that the government was trying to see how Guyana can become self -sufficient in the production of egg eggs in the three to four years.

“Thus, this year will have investments and intensive support for the private sector consortium in the construction of the industry, so that we can further increase the hatching eggs that we produce locally,” said Dr. Ali.

In addition, the PPP / C administration has introduced black sheep, pigs, reproductive bulls and other cattle to improve the stock of farmers.
In addition, the Guyana Ministry of Agriculture has an exploitable working group that liaises with the World Animal Health Organization and the United States, said Dr. Ali.
The president revealed that there were daily meetings that were being done so that Guyana could keep up to date with what is happening in relation to the global scenario of bird flu.

Protect Guyana
President Ali said that the implementation of measures to mitigate or reduce the effects of this global challenge is taken seriously by the government.
As such, drones and other forms of technology are used to help surveillance.

Guyana is also part of the global information sharing network which would allow it not only to generate information, but also to solve these problems in a proactive and aggressive manner because they could have serious implications in the supply chain, especially if Brazil is affected.
The second largest producer of meat and eggs on the market is the neighbor of Guyana, Brazil.

Now, if Brazil is affected, this will lead to a major disruption on the world poultry market, said Dr. Ali, noting that Guyana must plan in mind.

The Head of State said: “It is therefore very important for us to work closely with Brazil to ensure that their production system is isolated and secure against this bird flu scenario with which we face. It is therefore an important global situation that we are faced with and examine, reduce or reduce the effect of this challenge, on a global scale. »»