# Commentary: Socio-economic effects of Avian Influenza (AI) outbreak – NAMC | National Agricultural Marketing Council

> South African NAMC commentary examines the socio-economic effects of the H5N8 avian influenza outbreaks, which caused 195 outbreaks in recent years. It notes poultry consumption grew 21.2% against 8.4% production growth from 2007 to 2017, forcing imports.

- Date: 2019-04-29 · published 2019-04-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59617-commentary-socio-economic-effects-of-avian-influenza-ai-outbreak-namc-national
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Avian influenza outbreaks reduce domestic poultry output and push South Africa to import more poultry, supporting demand for imported chicken and feed grains. The effect on global feed prices is modest.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- namc.co.za: https://www.namc.co.za/socio-economic-effects-of-avian-influenza-ai-outbreak-on-the-poultry-industry/

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