Poultry Around the World

Where is per capita poultry meat consumption highest?

There’s no one region that’s home to the biggest consumers of chicken meat; its appeal stretches far and wide.

February 6, 2019

Where do people consume the most chicken? The biggest eaters of chicken meat are spread across continents from South America to Australasia and their per capita consumption of poultry meat is due to keep rising.

Genetically modified hens produce drug-containing eggs

Researchers may have overcome the difficulties of producing gene-modified chickens that lay eggs for use in medicines.

January 30, 2019

Mark Clements

Eggs from genetically modified chickens could herald an era of cheaper drugs now that difficulties in their production have been overcome.

One Health Poultry Hub for developing countries launches

Initiative will address need to meet demand for meat, eggs while minimizing risk to international public health

January 23, 2019

Mark Clements

One Health Poultry Hub launched to minimize the rapid expansion of poultry production's risk to international public health.

Can poultry benefit from 2019’s eating trends?

Shifting consumer demands present opportunities and challenges in producing and positioning poultry meat and eggs.

January 16, 2019

Mark Clements

Changing consumer tastes reflected in 2019's eating trends offer chicken and egg producers several opportunities for product innovation but present challenges too.

Opening farms to public can tackle misconceptions

For any poultry producers feeling misunderstood or underappreciated, there’s a tried-and-tested solution that can help to turn things around.

January 9, 2019

Mark Clements

The best way to overturn misconceptions about poultry production and animal agriculture may be to open farms to the public more. Open Farm Sunday does just that.

Season’s greetings from all at Poultry International

Wishing you every success in 2019

December 20, 2018

Mark Clements

Poultry International wishes the very best of the season to all its readers and contributors and a happy, healthy and successful 2019.

Archaeology shines light on the modern broiler

The oft-cited connection between urbanization and demand for chicken would appear to be nothing new while a medieval chicken may have been unrecognizable to an ancient Roman.

December 14, 2018

Mark Clements

Examining excavated chicken bones in Europe suggests that the chickens that were larger, less aggressive and able to live in smaller spaces are not completely the result of modern breeding practices, religion may even have contributed to their development.

Could switching to chicken help mitigate climate change?

New publication argues that switching from red to white and alternative meats, and farming more intensively could cut greenhouse gas emissions.

November 28, 2018

Mark Clements

Consuming more chicken and pork in place of beef and lamb could free up land for reforestation and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new land use report from the UK which argues that eating habits and agricultural production must change to slow climate change.