Poultry meat and eggs supply problems in Africa despite remarkable dynamics

Asia, South America, and Africa have shown remarkable dynamics in the past decade, both in population growth and meat and egg production. This article focuses on Africa’s role in global meat and egg production. Between 2012 and 2022 (Table 1), Africa had the highest relative population increase of all continents at 28.6% and, with an absolute increase of over 313 million, was in second place behind Asia, but far ahead of the other continents. This development will continu