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Quarantined Shipyard Village is Poultry Producer
posted (August 11, 2020)
And one reason for the shortage could be the fact that a major producing community, Shipyard, is under quarantine and effectively cut off from the rest of the country.

It's a reality that makes the export of the farming community's produce difficult if not impossible, and only adds to the scarcity of poultry nationwide. We got some more details from Poultry Association Manager Armando Cowo.:

Armando Cowo, Manager, Belize Poultry Association
"Remember that one of our producing communities is under lockdown, Shipyard, but notwithstanding that we're still trying very hard to get their produce out to the market. So we are still having that produce triple out. We are doing that. So it's not like they are under zero production there or zero product is coming out. We are still getting out the products, but it's not the normal flow. Before the lockdown their trucks could have moved freely at any time of the night. If they wanted to leave at midnight to be in Belize City at 7 in the morning they would do that. Right now they cannot. So again, the timing of the product reaching the market from that particular community might have an impact. We really don't know the size of impact it might have, but it's just one community."

Cutbacks that led to chicken shortages were effected in early March due to heavy industry-wide losses north of 10 million dollars.

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