# Cameroon: Scarcity of chicken and price inflation hit markets

> Consumers in Cameroon's urban markets report chicken scarcity and rising prices, with smaller birds being sold. Producers blame the 2016 avian flu outbreak that destroyed millions of birds, along with high taxes and weak government response.

- Date: 2017-05-30 · published 2017-05-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Central Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71146-cameroon-scarcity-of-chicken-and-price-inflation-hit-markets
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Regional poultry shortages raise import demand for chicken and feed in Central Africa, a small but growing feed market. The effect on global feed prices is limited.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- cameroon-concord.com: https://www.cameroon-concord.com/business/cameroon-scarcity-of-chicken-and-price-inflation-hit-markets

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