Author: Deepak Tushir
Misconceptions about COVID-19 result in poultry value chain erosion – II
The poultry value chain suffered a macro tragedy due to rumors linking the pandemic and chicken consumption. Compensation to women poultry farmers, infusion of capital and logistics permission can restore the sector
Thousands of smallholder women poultry farmers lose business to coronavirus misconceptions – I
More than ten thousand tribal and Dalit small holder poultry farmers who had successfully built cooperative enterprise and escaped poverty, were forced to cull chickens due to rumors linking spread of coronavirus to chicken consumption