KOCHI: Poultry farmers and traders see an uptick in demand for eggs as prices have eased, saying an increase in demand will check a further dip in prices while encouraging more production.The upcoming Christmas and New Year celebrations will also boost demand, they said. Egg prices , which soared to an all-time high of Rs 5.50 a piece last week, have since fallen more than 24%. “The current prices will lift the production to earlier level of 3.3 crore eggs daily,’’ said Selvaraj.Another factor that can help keep prices at a profitable level for the farmers is the resumption in exports albeit slowly. “We used to export around 3 crore eggs a month. The incidences of bird flu and the cut in production had hit egg exports.

Source: Economic Times November 30, 2017 09:11 UTC