Tag: Brazil
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Farmers advocate for local consumption of poultry amid meat-induced COVID-19 scare in Brazil
Poultry farmers in Ghana are encouraging locals to consume poultry products produced locally. They are targeting to takeover 60 percent market share of the country’s total poultry consumption. Currently, Ghanaians consume only 10% of local poultry as compared to the more patronized foreign products which make up 90% of total consumption. The poultry farmers claim the…
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Brazil economy in slowdown ahead of World Cup
Brazil’s economy grew 0.2% in the first three months of 2014, official statistics show. The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics also revised down economic growth in the last three months of 2013, to 0.4%. The sluggish growth figures come just before the start of the World Cup and presidential elections in October. President Dilma…