A joint meeting of National Chicken Sellers Association, Nepal Feed Industries Association, Poultry Farmers Association and Feed Distributors Association held on Sunday decided to raise the price. [break]
They had raised the price to Rs 225 per kg about a month ago.
President of National Chicken Sellers Association Junga Bahadur BC said decline in production and drop in supplies by 20-25 percent prompted them to raise price.
Daily supplies of chicken to the capital hover around 150,000 kg, which is down 20-25 percent as compared to normal daily demand in the valley, according to Narayan Hari Khatri, president of Hatchery Association of Nepal.
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