(Business in Cameroon) - Broiler chickens are discounted in some markets of the Cameroonian capital these days. Three chickens sold at FCfa 5,000, even FCfa 1,800 per chicken previously sold at FCfa 3,000 each. At the origin of this sudden drop in prices, traders insist, is the abundance of poultry in farms, as proven by the number of overflowing trucks parked around chicken markets in the city (Etoudi, Mvog-Ada, Essos, etc).

Indeed, we learned, the relaunch of the sector in the producing areas in the Central region of Cameroon was faster than initially planned, after the bird flu epizooty which broke out on 25 May 2016 at the Mvog-Betsi Complexe Avicole.

In addition to the high rise in production invoked by traders, the latter also justify the abundance of chicken on the capital’s market by the ongoing ban on chicken exports to countries such as Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, a decision taken after the discovery of cases of H5N1 virus in Cameroon in May 2016.

BRM