Shuman H.
Agriculture de groupe Paris : CIHEAM
Options Méditerranéennes; n. 6 1971
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Hassan SHUMAN
of the
Syndicate
The lebanese poultry
syndicate and its relations t o the poultry industry
OF A.
-
Lebanon, one of the smallest coun- in the East, highest in stan-
of living has long
as a and has many possi-
bilities as a because of location, climatic conditions,
and educational
The is miles in width, and one miles in length, and has a population of
two million people.
one of the fastest of the
has a place of national si- gniticance as a business in the scheme of human food
Lebanon did not know
tion in its aspect ; it was that of the village sys-
tem an of
themselves and a few eggs and a little meat at no expense.
was ted in 1955, it is a young which
has since 1959.
addition to which specialize in ei- eggs hatching and sell baby chicks.
Following of and the
demand of, the eggs and
chickens by poul-
as a
investment. on buil-
dings and equipment is estimated now at
75 of U.S. The
capital in feeds and chicken is U. S.
OF
As mentioned the
in Lebanon has been quite since 1959 in tending to in-
than domestic demands.
Now that the of diseases well and methods of manage- ment possible, it was become
that the of is econo-
mically sound, since the costs of the buildings, equipment and
and a of
fit can be made above the cost.
About 750 laying concen- mainly in Lebanon and the
These the
beginning of
tion in -the The egg
had 1,500 1960,
and six of these a
of 4,000 ; but in 1970, the
egg had 10,000 and
of these had
a of 20,000
1960, the local of eggs was 57,500,000 eggs, and in 1970 it jum- ped to 575,300,000.
Lebanon was eggs until
1964, the in 1960 15,
375,570 eggs. the of eggs Lebanon in 1970
697,000 eggs. of ex-
of eggs go
mainly (70 eggs, 1970)
and Saudi (68 eggs
1970).
The best expanding
Lebanese eggs the oil the hot cli- mate makes successful
difficult. Still competition in sales en-
by Lebanese comes
and East coun-
and
-
than 600
buted in the mainly in Lebanon and in the of Lebanon.
The 1960
cing 500 week with about 15 % of than 2,000
week, and by 1970 the flock be-
came than and many
20,000 week.
1960, Lebanon was
465,212 of meat and
2,015,932. When the had the of an im-
of twenty five of the value in 1963, then no
coming to Lebanon.
1967 the was
to 12,250,000 chickens and in 1970 had of 14,000,000 chickens.
2,481,144 in 1960, and 13,823,942 in'1970.
Eventhough most of
is consumed in local (Ex- in 1970 was only 176,058
We face a lot of competition
the in
to whom we This
leads us to say that the establishment
of plants
with continuous inspection,
examination of the live chicken, and su- of the
would the acceptance
of coun-
and in the local
This showed that Lebanon is fast be-
coming a deve-
lopment of fa
in the East. 1962 a was established to have a
staffed by Lebanese with the assistance of the U. N.
and executed by F.A.O.
the establisment of of
and vaccine plus an efficient
diagnostic and A Sal-
monella was esta-
blished and has been in since
1964. The has to ex-
tend its assistance
1967 to meet the needs of the
and to a East
health
and in the development
of methods of a of
diseases especially Newcas- tle diseases, coccidiosis, salmonellosis,
diseases, leucosis and disease.
C.
-
and the
specialized in efficient meat
and egg was to Le-
banon since 1960 land, England and U.S.A.
Chick in 1960 was 3,392, O00 and became 23,520,000 in 1969.
Lebanon location with its made the of baby chicks easy. Lebanon
in 1960, 246,140 chicks meat.
This amount to 5,600,000
in 1970, the that chicks
Lebanon mainly : Saudi and
June 19, 1959 the Lebanese syn- dicate was established by the
of the of and Social Af-
; and it held meeting on June 23, 1959 when the
tive was elected. The fpllowing of the Syndicate accomplish- ments :
1. August 1959 the Syndicate deci-
ded to issue a basic in the life of,
and statistics will be the in Lebanon.
blished to help the men in business.
2. 1960, a committee was med to out a constitution the
egg in Lebanon.
3. August 1962, the Syndicate took the decision eggs and this was by the of Economics few months i
4. the the Syndi-
cate with the of the of Economics achieved the
of the local eggs and
. '
b) on the Yellow
which is the basic in the feed, thus the cost se-
ton.
c ) a the
of baby chicks.
d ) the office of animal hus- the
needs and
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Phofo UNRWA-UNESCO
Alphabétisation au Peyrouth,
income tax.
The following table is just an example
of the and Q e of
eggs between the wing th1 change in
tax that was put on eggs.
Year i
1960
. .
58 1961. . .
701962
. .
1001963
. .
120 1964 ,.
, 2 0 4d
I 4
&port 15 33 6
1
With the of the office of animal the Syndicate also was able to accomplish many things that hel-
ped the in its
and
1967 specialists called upon to do on some diseases like Newcastle
and and help in
them.
Committees and
the to
special the of
diseases in the light of the
of the office of Animal on the following items, and hopes to accom- plish them soon :
1" To set a special budget sing in the local in to the consumption of the chicken and eggs.
The putting
a nominal tax on the feed and
stock by the
2" To limit the on the of flocks so that the of baby chicks and table eggs will be
in the
3" To give the a sub-
sidy on because
of the in the local
kets and the decline of in eggs and Thus, we can see that the
Syndicate and the have
and all that they have
achieved is due to To-
day, the Syndicate has taken full ponsibility to take of the of the
. many handicaps
and that should be taken of mainly :
Syndicate and
of the The cons-
titution and by laws should not to be limited to but open to people with
in - example supply
and feed and
2" To develop a
feed and grain in
the
3" To continue development on the of diseases with the diagnostic
4" To the passing of a law
that feed to label
feed to show the composition of its con- tents.
5" To develop an
The extension agent is one of the most valuable man to help ex- pand the and community coope- 6" To the establishment of plants and find facilities of cold the vation of eggs and meat.
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