AGRICULTURE NEWS - The non-profit organisation, which has spearheaded the ‘VAT-free chicken campaign’ since 2018, said in a statement that the “chicken industry was the backbone of food security in South Africa and its value chain should be declared a key pillar of food security and accorded national prioritisation to minimise disruptions to its ability to feed the nation”.
FairPlay said the poultry industry was threatened by “predatory imports, rising input costs, poor rural infrastructure and daily power cuts, with substantial electricity price increases likely this year”.
These, in turn, were “driving up consumer prices and rendering chicken too expensive for, especially, lower income households for whom poultry was the main meat protein”.
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