CDENO Aims To Solve Equation Of Demand, Supply In Chicken

   Festive periods have usually been characterized by price hikes caused by scarcity of chicken and related poultry products. The Christmas and New Year celebrations necessitates an increase in demand which conversely can not meet supply.  

        The December period of the year 2021 was not different as the demand and price hike witnessed in chicken sent many households to abstain from getting chicken to feast with. With the increase in the price of chicken due to the high demand which did not meet supply regulations, many opted for other means thus forgoing the usual tradition which many had kept to always have chicken on their food menu during the December festive period.

  To this regard, the North West Livestock Development Fund dubbed NWLDF has during it's 54th board meeting and budget session chaired by governor Adolphe Lele Lafrique, nursed plans for this 2022 to come to the aid of chicken consumers who have been complaining of the price hikes of table birds in the market. 

DG of CDENO, Mbah Shupong Michael speaking to the press.

"We had launched the production of day old chicks highly needed in the NW and we produced 52000 by November 15 2021, which means that by the 31st of December 2021, we were on about 80000 day old chicks produced in 2021 and we envisage to increase the capacity this year to about 120,000 to help solve the problem of scarcity of day old chicks in the region and eventually help to reduce the impact of shortages during the festive periods." Shupong Michael highlighted.

  Quizzed on whether there were still importations of day old chicks from neighboring West region, the Director General of CDENO, Shupong Michael made it clear that the North West Livestock Development Fund intends to gradually export day old chicks from the North West to other regions reasons why for this year 2022, "we have decided to increase the capacity production of day old chicks in CDENO with an additional hatchery to increase the capacity to 60,000 and subsequently the possibility of instituting parent stock production in the North West. We want to have a capacity of parent stock production of a minimum of 10,000 and sure of producing 200,000 fertile eggs per month that will give us atleast 170,000 day old chicks and equally intend to increase the capacity of feed mill from 52tons to 120tons in 2022 with the intention to help the livestock farmers of the NW increase their income at same time reduce the impact of the weight that they have in preparing for the festive periods."

CDENO Board members at session.

  With the price hikes witnessed due to the increase in demand which was more than supply alongside the artificial scarcity created by some farmers, CDENO has concrete plans to increase fowls in the market during the festive season by assisting farmers with free day old chicks and feed that will be launched during a project for this 2022 for the livestock season to boost the produce of farmers and by August 2022 to also prepare the farmers with regards to the end of year festivities so that there are more than enough fowl supplies in the market that will quench down the prices of table birds in the market during such periods.

To note that the North West Livestock Development Fund, NWLDF with French acronym CDENO has as mission to take charge of animal production, animal health production, pasture improvement, capacity building to breeders and construction of livestock infrastructures.

By Peter Tasi