Vijayawada:
Andhra Pradesh Poultry Federation has demanded the Centre to allocate two lakh tonnes which is damaged and unfit for human consumption wheat and paddy to the poultry industry at subsidised prices.
Due to higher prices of maize and soyameal, the cost of production of an egg has increased to Rs 3.25 and that of broiler chicken to Rs 90 a kg, federation's joint secretary N Nageswara Rao said in a release issued in Vijayawada.
In order to save 25,000 poultry farmers, the central government should take initiatives to supply damaged wheat and rice from its stocks at subsidised prices, Mr Rao said.
The poultry federation also requested the government to ban futures trading in soyameal and maize, in the interest of poultry farmers.
It also requested the government to consider the needs of the local markets before allowing export the soyameal.