Business News of Thursday, 15 September 2016Source: Business in CameroonChicken sale again banned in the Western regionChicken sale again banned in the Western region, main production area in the countrySince 8 September 2016, the sale of chicken is again banned in the Mifi district, main production area in the Western region of Cameroon, which represents 80% in national poultry production. This decision taken by the regional authorities follows the discovery, a week ago, of the death of over 5,000 chickens on a farm in the area. The public authorities thus feared the start of a new bird flu epizooty, after the one of May 2016, which spread to five regions in Cameroon. It officially led to losses of approximately FCfa 10 billion in the Cameroonian poultry sector, according to the Poultry Association. To recover from this bad situation, the Cameroonian Poultry Association (Interprofession avicole du Cameroun - Ipavic) recently expressed needs for 20,000 tons of maize and funding approximately worth FCfa 450 million to purchase phytosanitary products.

Source: CameroonWeb September 15, 2016 12:08 UTC