Egypt launches poultry, egg price reduction initiative

STORY: Egypt launches poultry, egg price reduction initiative SHOOTING TIME: file DATELINE: April 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a chicken farm in Egypt STORYLINE: Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on Monday reviewed an initiative to reduce the prices of poultry and eggs by a rate ranging from 10 percent to 15 percent. Egyptian minister of agriculture and land reclamation explained that this initiative comes in response to the directives of the political leadership, as well as the government's initiatives and efforts to reduce commodity prices. As a result of this initiative starting Tuesday, the price of a kilogram of chickens on the farm is set to be 85 Egyptian pounds, and the price of a carton of table eggs to be 135 pounds. The minister confirmed that, in light of these announced prices, the price to the consumer will be a maximum of 95 pounds for poultry, and 145 pounds for eggs. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from C

Slovakians facing high-priced eggs during Easter

STORY: Slovakians facing high-priced eggs during Easter DATELINE: April 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:16 LOCATION: Bratislava CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of eggs at a market and chickens 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Slovak): MARTA, Sales manager at a grocery store in Malacky, Slovakia 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Slovak): ANNA, Customer in Poltar, Slovakia 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Slovak): BRANISLAV ORTH, Owner of a restaurant in Malacky, Slovakia 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Slovak): JIRI KETNER, Owner of a restaurant on the outskirts of Bratislava, Slovakia 6. various of people drawing on eggs STORYLINE: Decorating eggs and displaying them around the house is one of the oldest Easter traditions in Slovakia and Europe in general. This year, eggs are among the goods which saw their prices almost doubling since 2022 due to record-breaking inflation in Slovakia. Customers cut down purchasing and look more for home-produced eggs sold at farmers' markets, usually over the weekend. In many places, local egg production has been limited due to preventive

Avian flu hits U.S. West from wilderness to grocery

STORY: Avian flu hits U.S. West from wilderness to grocery DATELINE: Jan. 11, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:52 LOCATION: DENVER, U.S. CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Canadian Geese in Stearns Lake near Broomfield, Colorado STORYLINE: Egg shortages and skyrocketing prices at grocery stores continue to impact American consumers as a result of the historic avian flu that is spreading rapidly among wild birds and has triggered the killing of millions of poultry. "We have never seen anything like the enormity of this outbreak," Michael Tincher with the Rocky Mountain Raptor Program (RMRP) told The Colorado Sun newspaper on Monday. RMRP is a group of a dozen scientists who work toward protecting and saving wild birds of prey. Colorado's worst-ever avian flu outbreak has now resulted in nearly 6.4 million poultry deaths and is increasingly crossing over into wild birds and killing bald eagles and other precious raptors, the newspaper reported, adding "wildlife watchers call the event 'the stuff of bad dreams.'" L

U.S.-COLORADO-AVIAN FLU

U.S.-COLORADO-AVIAN FLU

(230110) -- WESTMINSTER (U.S.), Jan. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Jan. 10, 2023 shows that shelves of a grocery store are bare of eggs in Westminster, Colorado, the United States. Egg shortages and skyrocketing prices at grocery stores continue to impact American consumers as a result of the historic avian flu that is spreading rapidly among wild birds and has triggered the killing of millions of poultry. (Photo by Peter Mertz/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Avian flu hits U.S. West from wilderness to grocery

BRITAIN-CPI-UP

BRITAIN-CPI-UP

(220822) -- READING, Aug. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Egg prices are seen on shelves at a supermarket in Reading, Britain, Aug. 21, 2022. Britain's Consumer Prices Index (CPI) surged by 10.1 percent in the 12 months to July, the highest level in 40 years, official statistics showed on Aug. 17. (Photo by Tim Ireland/Xinhua)

Egg prices surge in Egypt

STORY: Egg prices surge in Egypt DATELINE: Aug. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of eggs in markets STORYLINE: The prices of eggs surged in Egypt in the past two weeks despite urgent moves by the government to try to normalize the market. At present, the prices for egg cartons reached approximately 100 Egyptian pounds (5 U.S. dollars). The crisis coincided with statements by the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture earlier this month that Egypt had achieved self-sufficiency in poultry and eggs, after Egypt's egg production reached more than 13 billion eggs annually. The Poultry Division of the Chamber of Commerce has formed a committee of experts working in the field of poultry wealth to discuss the reasons that led to the rise in egg prices. The Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade has delivered large quantities of eggs in consumer complexes to meet the needs of citizens, as government moves are still in full swing to control egg prices. Xinhua News Agency

SWEDEN-FOOD PRICE-EGG

SWEDEN-FOOD PRICE-EGG

(220508) -- STOCKHOLM, May 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 13, 2022 shows eggs on the shelf at a supermarket in Stockholm, Sweden. TO GO WITH "Feature: Egg shortage looms in Sweden as Ukraine crisis fuels food prices surge" (Photo by Wei Xuechao/Xinhua)

SWEDEN-FOOD PRICE-EGG

SWEDEN-FOOD PRICE-EGG

(220508) -- STOCKHOLM, May 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 14, 2022 shows eggs on the shelf at a supermarket in Stockholm, Sweden. TO GO WITH "Feature: Egg shortage looms in Sweden as Ukraine crisis fuels food prices surge" (Photo by Wei Xuechao/Xinhua)