THE persistent shortage of chicken and eggs in this country has been attributed to domestic and export policies as well as external factors such as diseases, weather (drought or rainy season) and the Covid-19 pandemic, which badly impacted the global supply chain.
It has been reported that unscrupulous manipulation by cartels and exploitation of producers, particularly farmers, also caused the shortage in supply. Meanwhile, the regulatory approaches employed by the Malaysia government do not really help the poultry industry.
