The price dynamics, production, marketing and other factors Regarding agriculture, they have been presenting different variations in macroeconomic matters due to the eventualities that occur in the country.
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Such is the case of poultry sector that, at least in terms of prices, has shown volatility in the last month. According to the agricultural product price bulletin, chicken and eggs were among the proteins that rose during June.
However, this trend It has been corrected in recent weeks.
However, another of the factors that attract attention is health as a pillar of poultry production.
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According to the Fenaviquin bulletin, National Federation of Poultry Farmers of Colombia (Fenavi) and that corresponding to the month of June, it is a priority for the sector to establish mitigation and control measures for avian flu, which has been affecting animals in this sector.
For this reason, the union estimates that the timely management of the disease allowed to mitigate mortality and increase the weight gains of the birds.
“The European Factor of Productive Efficiency (Feep) presented an improvement of 4.87%, by achieving a better weight of the chicken with a lower conversion, with one more day, despite the higher mortality presented”, they assure.
In general terms, the Federation assured Portafolio that currently the price of chicken depends on the supply since it is a “A question of the market, but there is a supply of chicken and eggs.”
At the same time, They expressed their expectations that in 2023 they will return to 17 million eggs in production and to maintain 1.8 million tons of chicken.
according to eIn Fenavi’s study, the philosophy of veganism has been the subject of different analyzes and studies that reveal the reality about whether or not it is more expensive to assume a diet without animal origin.
Based on the results, it was estimated that In terms of nutrition, the midday meal, that is, lunch is the protein that includes chicken the most, followed by beef and egg. “While the vegan is the one that contributes the least.”
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On the other hand, it was estimated prices per dish according to protein. This result showed that lunches can be more expensive on a vegan diet, since according to calculations, one of these dishes with tofu can have a total cost of $4,945, where only the protein (tofu) has a value of $1,485.
Regarding the chicken, lunch would cost a total of $3,155, and breaking down the value of the protein alone, it would cost $1,164. Along the same lines, with the case of the egg, the total cost would be around $3,787 and just the product around $1,210.
Now, to what corresponds the pig, this protein would have a total cost per lunch of $3,992 and just the cut $1,217.
In the case of the beefis one of the products that makes meals more expensive with a total cost of $4,847 and only the value of the protein is $1,244.
As said by Fenavi, the overall cost of vegan diets can vary, depending on various factors such as product offerings, geographic location, availability, and personal tastes.
“These diets can be as cheap or as expensive as you want. If they focus on basic foods, such as grains, legumes, fruits and vegetables that are in season, it is possible to achieve a low cost”assures the Federation in its study.
Notably if you opt for the consumption of processed, organic or special brand vegan products, these can make the dish more expensive than its non-vegan counterpart.
This, taking into account that 82% of this type of diet is concentrated in vegetables and cerealsbut “these do not meet the nutritional requirement at lunch time”, conclude.
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