Guyana's President Irfaan Ali announced a three-month voluntary pilot programme to stabilise prices of eggs, chicken, beef and mutton. Public institutions and participating businesses will pool orders, with negotiated wholesale prices passed on to consumers.
Orders will be published in advance so producers can plan output.
Pooled public demand could lower input and distribution costs and steady local meat and egg supply, which would ease retail prices. The programme's effect on global feed demand is negligible given its small scale.
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