# Poultry: Bird flu threatens Nigeria's N100bn revenue target - New Telegraph

> Nigeria's farmers association warns that an avian influenza outbreak in Niger State could cost the economy about N100 billion in revenue this year and N2 trillion in poultry investment. It calls on the federal government to intervene and compensate farms, noting an existing feed crisis linked to maize scarcity.

- Date: 2021-03-26 · published 2021-03-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Nigeria · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/48131-poultry-bird-flu-threatens-nigeria-s-n100bn-revenue-target-new-telegraph
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Maize scarcity and disease losses in Nigeria tighten local feed supply and may raise corn demand for imports, though the market impact is largely regional.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-10-06 | [South Korea’s poultry sector recovers from bird flu - Food & Agribusiness](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44560-south-korea-s-poultry-sector-recovers-from-bird-flu-food-and-agribusiness.md) | -2.1% | +7.1% |
| CORN | 2019-08-30 | [eFeedLink - China's Re-booted Poultry Sector, Version 2.0: Rising chickens, falling pigs and new eating trends](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57739-efeedlink-china-s-re-booted-poultry-sector-version-2-0-rising-chickens-falling.md) | -2.4% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2019-04-10 | [ASF spreads to Tibet \| 2019-04-10  \| MEAT+POULTRY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59459-asf-spreads-to-tibet-2019-04-10-meat-poultry.md) | +1.1% | -1.0% |
| CORN | 2020-01-21 | [China rebuilds swine herd; poultry, aqua demand grows \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55069-china-rebuilds-swine-herd-poultry-aqua-demand-grows-feed-strategy.md) | -1.6% | -2.0% |
| CORN | 2021-08-16 | [Avian influenza leads to decline in poultry meat production across EU - Poultry News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45691-avian-influenza-leads-to-decline-in-poultry-meat-production-across-eu-poultry.md) | -3.1% | -8.4% |

## Sources

- newtelegraphng.com: https://newtelegraphng.com/poultry-bird-flu-threatens-nigerias-n100bn-revenue-target/

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