In Namakkal district, around 1,100 poultry farms are functioning, and these farms produce 55 million to 60 million eggs per day. file
Due to increase in demand, the number of eggs exported from Namakkal district to Qatar has been increased from 1.50 crore to 2.5 crore. FIFA World CupAnd a cheaper price than turkey eggs.
In Namakkal district, around 1,100 poultry farms are functioning, and these farms produce 55 million to 60 million eggs per day. Of these, 1.50 to 1.75 crore eggs are sent to Kerala, 45 lakh eggs to the Mid Day Meal Scheme, 40 lakh eggs to Bengaluru and the rest to different parts of the state and to different countries.
Earlier 15 million eggs were exported to Qatar, and now it has increased from 20 million to 25 million. Due to the demand, the price of an egg in Namakkal was fixed at Rs 5.35 on Monday and is expected to reach Rs 6 per egg soon. As a result, the retail price of an egg will soon exceed ₹6.
Tamil Nadu Poultry Farmers Association (TNPFA) president K. Singaraj said that the production of eggs has also increased in Namakkal district this year.
“Turkey is the main egg supplier to Qatar. However, due to increase in production cost, the price of turkey eggs has increased. An egg carton (consisting of 360 eggs) from Namakkal was exported to Qatar for $29 to $30. On the other hand, a carton of eggs from Turkey costs $36. So buying Namakkal eggs saves $6. As soon as the FIFA World Cup started in Qatar, the demand for eggs increased there too.