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02-07-2008, 03:30 PM
The Dominican government will buy a total of one million chickens as a way of averting a total collapse of the sector. The poultry sector has been in need of help ever since Haiti placed a ban on chicken and egg imports, causing chicken farmers to lose and estimated RD$600 million in revenues. Listin Diario writes that the chickens will be bought from small and medium-scale chicken producers at RD$15 per pound. Processed chicken will be bought at RD$24 per pound, with an average of 3.5 pounds per unit. Agriculture Minister Salvador Jimenez said that negotiations about the possibility of exporting chickens to Venezuela are still under way and could provide an alternative if the Haitian ban continues in place.
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