Struggle Of The Chicken - Africa

August 2009

When it comes to chicken, Europeans are picky. With most only wanting chicken breast, the rest of the meat is sold on the cheap in Africa but this is forcing African chicken farmers out of business.
With Europeans desperate to get rid of their surpluses, the EU has spent 3.7 billion Euros on export subsidies over the past 10 years. With cheap frozen imports flooding the African market, farmers are left struggling. Previously, the women came and said, I have a festival, I need 50 chickens. Today, thats no more. These people buy the same parts in a box. In order to survive, farmers are seeking new solutions. Poultry breeder Alex Yeboah has started selling to demanding top quality restaurants. They buy it because they like the taste of our local chicken. They appreciate our quality. But for most market sellers, customers are diminishing as they opt for the cheaper foreign options.

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[yellowman88]

You missed the main point of this video. The EU is monopolizing the agricultural industry in this African nation. They are making it extremely difficult for the agriculture business to grow because small farm can't profit with EU prices. The problem with underdeveloped economies is that they can't diversify to other private sectors in an economy because those industries are also too poor.

[txgrl7]

Anytime there is anything about blacks...there's a racist idiot around the corner determined to say something silly. My question to you racists is this, why do you bother looking if you hate black people so much? Why are you wasting everyone's time?

[FriendlyCroock]

@SimpleObatala8

that's because they aren't human you idiot

[DMRay1987]

black people gotta love their chicken lol j/k don't get all butt hurt you PCs

[Webeequal]

@KaliaIshot1 we need to live therr

[Webeequal]

I LOVE CHIKEN an sheeyite

[blahdob]

Did sumwon sey chickinz?

[Lamnont]

Investors will pay for it. Do you live in a box? Do you think Skoda builds a good car?

[Skoda130]

And to be one that matters, it takes corruption.

[Skoda130]

If you look to things that way, everybody is enslaved, and we are all enslaved to the need to consume food.

[Skoda130]

Sure. And who will pay for the factory? Stop being so deliberately naive.

[KaliaIshot1]

true that. love my african ppl....

a TRUE