The price of chicken has decreased by Rs. 15 per kg in the capital effective from Wednesday.

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The price of chicken has set a new record in Kathmandu valley due to a shortage in the market.

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Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), probably of the H5N1 subtype, has broken out in farmed broilers in the region of Bagmati.

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"The number of commercial broilers has presently decreased by over 1.2 million heads, compared to a year ago" Dr Til Chandra Bhattarai, poultry researcher and entrepreneur told local paper Republica.

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Nepal’s small poultry farmers are receiving help in the form of instruction in better management practises from International Finance Corporation (IFC), a World Bank Group member.

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After the confirmation of bird flu avian influenza in a farm in the Nepali capital Kathmandu, the alert level among the residents of Kathmandu has been elevated.

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Some 8,500 chickens have been culled and 1,500 eggs destroyed in Lalitpur, following the detection of the avian influenza (H5N1) causing bird flu there.

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Authorities on Sunday confirmed the spread of deadly H5N1 virus among sick chickens in Sunsari district in Eastern Nepal.

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The country's veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Kosha and Mechi.

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Residents of Ghurmi Bazaar, Udayapur, have become fearful that bird flu has hit the area after a mysterious disease claimed more than 1,000 chickens at different poultry farms here in the last few days.

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Major institutions in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu are avoiding chicken following the recent outbreak of bird flu which is having a huge affect on local chickens prices.

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Nepalese health workers have begun culling hundreds of chickens and ducks following the first reported outbreak of bird flu in the capital Kathmandu, a government official has said.

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The Veterinary Epidemiology Center has confirmed an outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm in Nepal’s Bhaktapur district.

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According to the Chief of the office, Shiva Bahadur KC, said that the programme was launched to develop a concept of commercial piggery and encourage Dalit community for generating income through it.

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Growth of poultry products in Nepal is expected to rise by 30% to the value of Rs 53 billion - around 4% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - as investments are made to cater to rising demand and consumption.

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If approved by parliament, the new anti-conversion provisions in Nepal’s criminal code would jail anyone involved in preaching and handing out religious material. Anyone killing cattle for its meat would suffer a similar fate.

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Concerned sector experts have stressed the need of placing high alert and completely banning the import and export of poultry, poultry products and poultry production materials from flu-prone zone to get protected from the outbreak of bird flu.

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Despite protracted power cuts and adverse industrial climate, the country's poultry sector is set to register an impressive growth of 24 per cent, recording turnover of over 41 billion rupees (NPR) during the current fiscal year 2010/11, shows a projection report.

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Nepal's veterinary authority sent an Immediate Notification dated 5 December to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). The report describes one outbreak of HPAI in October on a farm at Chitwan in the region of Narayani, which borders India. There were 66 cases on a farm of 11,503 birds. All surviving birds were destroyed.

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Golchha Organisation’s Him Electronics, Nepal, has forayed into the bio-technology sector in partnership with Indian company Hester Bioscience to produce vaccines for cattle and poultry needs.

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Myrepublica reports that the poultry sector – which contributes around three per cent in Gross Domestic Product – has seen an encouraging growth with total investment amounting to 24 billion rupees (NPR) over the period. Five years ago, total investment was estimated at NPR18 billion.

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According to the Nepal Eggs Producers' Association, poultry farming contributes around four per cent to the gross domestic product of the national economy.

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The lack of modern laboratory for diagnosing diseases in chickens and checking the quality of feed and meat are some of the major setbacks facing poultry industry in Nepal, reports My Republica.

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The Armed Police Base Camp, Semari destroyed at least 200 chicks which were illegally brought to Nawalparasi from India on Thursday morning. to Armed Police Force Border Security Office SP Bhagwan Malla the chicks were destroyed at the premises of the quarantine checkpost. The chicks violated regulations in Nepal relating to the bird flu virus.

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Commercial poultry farming had not begun in Nepal when Guna Chandra Bista started Abhinash Poultry Breeding Farm – a hatchery – in Chitwan district in 1990, reports MyRepublica. Before opening the hatchery, Bista and his friendly were already operating Everest Feeds Industry. Mr Bista invested four million rupees (NPR) in his farm even though putting money in poultry farming was considered a risky business due to uncertainty about the market.

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Commercial poultry farming hadn´t begun in Nepal when Guna Chandra Bista started Abhinash Poultry Breeding Farm - a hatchery - in Chitwan district in 1990. Before opening the hatchery, Bista and his friendly were already operating Everest Feeds Industry.

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The veterinary authority sent Follow Up Report No. 2 dated 28 March to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). It reports two new cases of HPAI. One of these was in a mixed village flock of 123 backyard chickens, ducks and pigeons in Tikapur municipality in the region of Seti. Starting on 2 March, 40 of the birds died and the remaining birds were destroyed.

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The District Livestock Office in Banke, Nepal, has verified the outbreak of avian influenza in the region after tests of dead chickens and ducks in the area. Janakram Bhandari, a veterinary doctor, said bird flu has been detected in Chacharpharka, of Binauna VDC-8, Chappargoudi of Khoalpur-4, Chhatakpur of Phhatepur and Phultekra area of Nepalgunj Municipality-7.

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The veterinary authority sent Follow Up Report No. 1 dated 14 March to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).

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Around 500 backyard birds have died in Jhyalbas and Deurali VDCs of Nawalparasi district in the past few weeks, according to the Himalayan Times. Following the outbreak, a team of veterinarians led by senior officer at the Animal Health Directorate (AHD), Dr Narayan Prasad Ghimire, was sent to the VDCs for a stamping out operation following verbal orders from Dr Ram Krishna Khatiwada, the programme director, AHD.

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Authorities in Gorkha have imposed a ban on the import of poultry birds from outside the district

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The protectionism of the European Union and United States is catching on as far away as Nepal. A situation of domestic protectionism is deepening over movements of poultry between Nawalpur and Chitwan. MyRepublica reports that, going against the spirit of open market competition, locals of Nawalpur in Nawalparasi district have restricted supplies of poultry products from Chitwan in the district. They restricted

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Poultry entrepreneurs' decision to impose quota system in the supply of chicken to Kathmandu Valley has badly affected poultry industry in Chitwan, poultry farmers say.

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International fast food chains Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) and Pizza Hut are both set to open their outlets in Nepali capital Kathmandu after the festival of Tihar in October.

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Booming land and housing transactions may have brought cheers from people in Chitwan but the ever growing realty sector has weakened the poultry sector's dominance in the district, which once used to command more than 80 per cent of total poultry production in the country

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Poultry producers raised their prices from 2 August to cover increased feed costs and reduced output during the monsoon season. My Republica reports that poultry entrepreneurs have increased price of chicken

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Police have destroyed 3,000 chicks smuggled into the country from India. Kapilvastu Police told Nepal News yesterday (22 July) that it has destroyed around 3,000 chicks

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Some 1,000 live chickens that were smuggled into Nepal from India were destroyed in western Nepal, Nepali national news agency RSS reported today. A team deployed by the Area Administration Office, Rajapur, seized 1,000 live chickens in Rajapur bazaar located at Bardiya district, some 390 km south west of capital Kathmandu and destroyed them Wednesday evening fearing outbreak of bird flu. The import of livestock

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The government has lifted its ban on poultry trade in eastern Nepal, following a previous outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).

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Prices of dairy products have risen considerably over the last nine months and are looking to go up further in the near future. Milk, which is probably the most widely consumed dairy product, is at a high after being priced at Rs 34 per litre. Seven months ago, it was priced at Rs 30 per litre.

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Chicken prices are disproportionate to production cost, say an investigator. The reason appears to be strong demand and a fall in supply.

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An unidentified disease killed around 800 chickens at Nawalpur in Sarlahi district in eastern Nepal, the National News Agency RSS reported on Saturday.

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