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Why does Africa import so much chicken?

Chicken meat is big business in Africa, yet the vast majority is imported, travelling thousands of miles from countries including Brazil, the United States and China.

So what is stopping African countries from developing their own poultry industries? And has anywhere succeeded?

Focus on Africa's Kim Chakanetsa investigates.

(Photo: A chicken farm in Ghana. Credit: Sule Lansah, 麻豆社 Africa.)

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6 minutes