BANGLADESH BLOCKADE BATTERS POULTRY INDUSTRY
January 7th, 2015
A POLITICALLY-inspired blockade of highways in Bangladesh, launched by the country’s opposition parties, and related vandalism of lorries trying to break through, is devastating a Bangladeshi poultry sector still reeling from avian flu.The Bangladesh Poultry Industries Coordination Committee is claiming the country’s poultry industry has sustained losses of USD32 million since political turmoil erupted on January 5 after police surrounded the home of Khaleda Zia, leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Around 7,000 tonnes of chicken meat and 9.9 million ...
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