Article: Some traders in Zambia take advantage of bird flu scare

Some traders in Zambia take advantage of bird flu scare

LUSAKA, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Some traders in Zambia are taking advantage of bird flu scare to coerce poultry farmers to sell their chickens at low prices, Times of Zambia reported Wednesday.

Some traders in the country have been going round coercing the farmers to sell the chickens for as little as 1,000 kwacha (about 30 U.S. cents) from an average price of 20,000 (about six dollars), claming that bird flu has broken out in some parts of Africa and is quickly spreading to the southern African country.

Poultry Association of Zambia (PAZ) executive director Mathews Ngosa was quoted as confirming here ...

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