Ninawa poultry industry faces collapse

Iraq’s poultry sector is suffering a sharp decline as it struggles to deal with rises in production costs, a decrease in government subsidies and the competitive prices of imported goods.

In Ninawa province more than 60 percent of poultry farms have been forced to dismiss their workers and close their farms. Across the districts of Ba’sheeqa, Khor Sabad, al-Nuran, and other areas where the industry is located, signs announcing the sale of farms are widespread.