Australian Chicken Meat Industry Sustainability Framework
Message from the Australian Chicken Meat Federation Chief Executive Officer, Mary Wu The industry is proud to deliver the inaugural Australian Chicken Meat Industry Sustainability...
Published: 7 Jul 2013
Author(s): RIRDC
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DownloadThe Australian chicken meat industry has developed from a loose grouping of producers during the 1960s, when it was an off-shoot of egg production, to becoming an important growth industry with a projected production for 2013–2014 of 1.08 million tonnes. Australians today eat more chicken than any other meat, an average of about 45 kilograms per person annually.
Chicken meat research has led to rapid improvements in productivity within the industry. Much of the gain is attributable to improved genetics.