The challenges of chicken farming in Mozambique

TRADE disputes have historically been fought over land, minerals and oil — but these days it’s chickens. Poultry has become a major bargaining chip and a failure to compromise even threatened the most recent African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) treaty between the US and South Africa. The US is a leading exporter of poultry meat, and so is Brazil — whose produce has been a thorn in the side of local producers in Mozambique. In southern Africa, supermarket freezers are full of imported chicken — and there are fears local farmers could be pushed out. — BBC