Is South Africa the second most competitive poultry producer in the world?

South Africa’s poultry industry has faced years of pressure from dumping, drought, rising feed costs, energy constraints, and avian influenza. How has the sector remained resilient, globally competitive and technically efficient? According to the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy’s (BFAP) 2025 Competitiveness Benchmark Report, created in collaboration with Wagenen University in the Netherlands, South Africa’s poultry sector has consistently outperformed European producers, and, hi