The consumption of poultry in Yemen went down by 20% due to the huge media campaign and the fears of the bird flu disease, according to market sources. They added that the Yemenis consume about 150 million chickens per year; half of them are locally-produced.



According to SABA, the sources expected that the consumption would recover because of the awareness campaigns about the nature of the disease and the means to avoid it.



The market sources stressed that the disease does not exist in Yemen and the ministries of Health, Agriculture and Environment took strict measures to ward off it, including carrying out precautionary awareness campaign among the public as for the preventative actions that should be taken.


� 2005 Mena Report (www.menareport.com)