Poultry Industry Seeks Soya, Maize Import Restrictions

The poultry industry in India wants the government to restrict imports of soya and maize.

This is because these imports make the cost of feed for chickens very high.

High feed costs mean it's expensive to produce eggs.

The industry hopes that by lowering feed costs, they can sell more eggs to other countries like Japan and the US.

Right now, Indian farmers get very little money for each egg they sell, compared to farmers in other countries.

The industry believes that if feed costs go down, farmers will make more money and eggs will stay affordable for people in India.

They also think that increasing the yield of feed crops or allowing more imports could help lower costs.