The Cabinet Sub-Committee appointed to work in collaboration with the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Consumer Affairs, on the impact of the price increases announced by Caribbean Agro Industries, will engage with stakeholders in the Poultry Industry as the next step.
This follows a meeting this week among sub-committee members and ministry officials to discuss the issue.
Government has reiterated its concern about Caribbean Agro’s decision to increase prices during the Covid-19 pandemic. The concern is specifically based on the additional hardship the increases can cause for Grenadians at a time when many are without jobs, as well as the potential impact on the development of the poultry industry.
In addition to the plans to meet with poultry industry stakeholders, Government is also reviewing the monopoly agreement with Caribbean Agro.
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Daily feed intake and feed conversion ratio were significantly (P0.05) treatment differences in final body weight and daily weight gain on the 60% mango kernel diet inclusion compared to the control diets. These authors were concluded also that up to 60% of the maize in broiler finisher diets can be replaced with boiled mango kernel meal without adverse effects on the growth, health and carcass parameters. Daily feed intake and feed conversion ratio were significantly (P<0.05) improved on the 60% mango kernel diet inclusion compared to the control diets (Diarra et al. 2010). Hence, Diarra et al. (2011) was concluded that boiled mango kernel meal can replace 50% of maize in the diets of broiler chicks and up to 75 % in the finisher diets. Similarly, Faniyi (1997) reported that broiler birds can utilize up to 30% level of mango seed kernel meal as an energy source during starter and finisher phases but that appropriate protein and metabolizable energy (ME) requirements of the birds should be taken care of in the diets.
tl;dr monopolies are dumb