Azerbaijan plans to double poultry production capacity
Azerbaijan plans to expand poultry production, and by 2015 it will reach 80,000 tonnes, nearly twice than the level of 2012
According to head of the department of production and processing of animal products in the Ministry of Agriculture of the country Genghis Faradzhev, the production expanding plan recently adopted by State Program on Food Security,
Last year, the country last year produced 45,700 tonnes of poultry, According to official statics.
Faradzhev pointed that to launch new production facilities is necessary for the production capacity increasing. "The increasing of poultry production is one of our most important goal, and government aims to increase the number to 120,000 tonnes in the long-term prospects.
Seven new large poultry farms were launched in the country in 2012, based on official statics