Over the Past Ten Years Indias Poultry Industry has Added US $229million to the Gross National Product



Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c35302) has announced the addition of Vision for Indian Poultry Industry: Current Scenario and Future Prospects to their offering.

India is the fifth largest producer of eggs and ninth largest producer of poultry meat in the world, producing over 34 billion eggs and about 600,000 tons of poultry meat in 2004. In the overall market for poultry products, India was positioned 17 in World Poultry Production. And analysts estimate that the poultry sector in India has been growing at a much faster rate, along with other industries such as BPO and Securities market. Over the past decade the poultry industry in India has contributed approximately US $229million, to the Gross National Product (GNP).

Several breakthroughs in poultry science and technology have led to the development of genetically superior breeds capable of higher production, even under adverse climatic conditions that offer opportunities for overseas entrepreneurs to expand export and import of poultry products on a large scale.

The average per capita poultry meat consumption is also estimated to increase from 0.69 to 1.28 kilograms, during the 2000-2004. Overall, analysts studies that the total egg consumption is estimated to increase from 34 billion in 2000 and to 106 billion in 2020, while poultry meat consumption is predicted to increase from 687 million kilograms to 1,674 million kilograms.

The market research report "" Vision for Indian Poultry Industry: Current Scenario and Future Prospects"" predicts a relatively strong growth for the egg and poultry meat industry, in both the urban and rural areas, in the next two decades. It has been found that egg consumption has grown at a much faster pace, than the consumption of poultry meat . With the continual rise in income, it is estimated to nearly triple by 2020.

The report also examines the consumption pattern of egg and poultry meat for 2010 by taking into account urbanization and differences in consumption patterns across various income groups, both in urban and rural areas. The report deals in detail with the market structure, as well as highlights the production, consumption, import/export statistics etc., of the Indian poultry market, including broilers and processed poultry.

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c35302

Laura Wood
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Over the Past Ten Years Indias Poultry Industry has Added US $229million to the Gross National Product