Shereen Basiouni Hassan Basiouni
Lecturer
Poultry Production and Sustainability in Developing Countries under the COVID-19 Crisis: Lessons Learned
Animals • 2022
Publication Information
Authors
Youssef A Attia, Md Tanvir Rahman, Md Jannat Hossain, Shereen Basiouni, Asmaa F Khafaga, Awad A Shehata, Hafez M Hafez
Keywords
COVID-19; developing countries; poultry supply chain; smallholder poultry; sustain ability
Journal
Animals
Publisher
MDPI
Volume
12
Issue
5
Pages
644
publication.type
International
Paper Link
Open Link
Supplementary Materials
Not Available
Abstract
Poultry farming is a significant source of revenue generation for small farmers in developing countries. It plays a vital role in fulfilling the daily protein requirements of humans through meat and eggs consumption. The recently emerged pandemic Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) impacts the poultry production sector. Although the whole world is affected, these impacts may be more severe in developing countries due to their dependency on exporting necessary supplies such as feed, vaccines, drugs, and utensils. In this review, we have discussed poultry production in developing countries under the COVID-19 crisis and measures to regain the loss in the poultry industries. Generally, due to the lockdown, trade limitations have negatively impacted poultry industries, which might exacerbate global poverty. Coordinated activities have to be taken at the private and government levels to arrange soft loans so that these farms can restore their production and marketing to normal levels. In addition, here, we have focused on the supply of farm input, feed, other raw materials, management system, improved breeding efficiency, veterinary services, and marketing of egg and meat, which have to be ensured to secure a sustainable poultry production chain.
