Currently worth more than US$4bn annually, Indonesia’s domestic poultry sector also has plenty of potential to grow as the country eats more meat as the economy expands. (Image source: Biswarup Ganguly/Wikimedia Commons)
Indonesia will begin exporting processed poultry to Japan in few weeks, the first in a decade
BRF SA singled out China, Indonesia, India, Malaysia and Thailand as potential markets. (Image source: Southern Foodways Alliance/Flickr)
Brazil’s BRF SA is aiming to expand further into Asia by building on a recent Indonesian joint venture with more partnerships and acquisitions, the company has announced
Eighteen countries including South Korea had been hit by the HPAI virus in 2014. (Image source: US Department of Agriculture/Flickr)
South Korea has temporarily banned poultry and related products imports from the USA due to a bird flu outbreak in the country, South Korean Agriculture Ministry has announced
The strain has never been detected in humans, but an outbreak in South Korea means millions of farm birds have to be slaughtered to contain it. (Image source: Mcf/Flickr)
South Korea has banned the import of poultry from the UK and the Netherlands amid reported cases of bird flu in the European countries
Concerns are also rising about the spread of infectious diseases from animals to humans. (Image source: Wattpublishing/Flickr)
Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a US$2mn grant to support South Asia’s push to slow the spread of livestock diseases like avian flu and foot and mouth disease
