The poultry sector’s losses have been estimated at 25 million dinars this year, Fethi Ben Khelifa, deputy secretary general of the National Federation of Poultry farmers under the Tunisian Union of Agriculture and Fisheries (UTAP) said in a statement given to newspaper “Le Maghreb” on Tuesday, August 11, 2015,
According to data released by the Tunisian Union of Agriculture and Fisheries (UTAP), the poultry sector provides 59% of white meat and covers 100% of domestic needs in consumption eggs. The governorate of Sfax provides about 56% of national egg production and 10% of white meat.
