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Poultry

The poultry industry is by far the largest consumer of soybean product in the country, and investment in the poultry sector in Pakistan has surged to PR.120 billion ($19.04 billion, approximately).  Over the past 10 years, poultry meat production has showed a phenomenal increase of 113 percent, which is encouraging. Poultry sub-sectors employ around 250,000 workers and are based on an estimated capacity of over 450 million egg settings in hatcheries. According to the Livestock Wing of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (GOP), almost every family in rural areas and every fifth family in urban areas is associated with poultry production activities in one way or the other.

Feed milling capacity stands at 5.00 million tonnes annually.  Grandparent breeding farms have a capacity to produce 10.00 million parent stocks annually. The industry is seeing a shift from open-sided shed housing to controlled environmental houses; there are now more than 300 controlled house in Pakistan.  On the down side, intermittent outbreaks of Bird flu are causing huge losses to Pakistani poultry industry.

ASA-IM/PK has been working with poultry industry through closed liaison with Pakistan Poultry Association. ASA-IM/PK elected as member of central executive committee on quota of co-operate member and have regularly attending its meetings and providing the soy static at meetings. ASA-IM/PK actively participated at different annual program and technical seminar cum session to extend the technical knowledge about the poultry nutrition and health management.  In resent sporadic outbreaks of avian influenza, ASA-IM/PK have been participating in technical seminars and press conferences to provide technical backups. During the year, ASA-IM also participated in international poultry conferences hosted by the Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA).