Day-old chick shortage drives up prices for smallholder farmers

By Vincent A. Yusuf (Abuja), Ahmad Datti (Kano) & Dickson S. Adama (Jos) As the race to raise chicken for Christmas and New Year begins, smallholder poultry farmers are struggling with rising prices due to shortage of day-old chick supply across the country. From September every year, smallholder poultry farmers raise broilers, targeting the

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