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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Tom Ambrose and Tom Levitt

Animals Farmed: salmon farm disease, chicken tariffs in Africa and the return of China’s wildlife farms

A man carrying chickens on a street in Ghana
Ghanaian farmers have called for import tariffs on chickens to help encourage local production and reduce imports. Photograph: Nipah Dennis/AFP/Getty Images

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Rising disease costs and slowing growth rates are threatening the future of the billion-dollar farmed salmon industry. A new study has estimated that disease and lice management represented almost one-third of production costs per kilogram of farmed Norwegian salmon in 2020.

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