Abstract
There are 7.9 billion people in the world in 2021, and there will be a predicted 9.7 billion people on the planet in 2050. It will be a big challenge to feed the world population in the next 30 years. The poultry sector might play a vital role in meeting the increasing demand of animal food security, since poultry meat consumption is increasing rapidly due to easy accessibility, reasonable price and a lack of religious restrictions. Besides, the eggs are a great source of protein for low-income people worldwide and are a common item in daily food menu for all classes of people as well. There are many hurdles in current poultry and egg production such as internal quality-based egg grading, gender-biased production preferences, productivity and profitability, animal welfare (e.g., day-old chick culling), lack of instrumentation and informatics in egg and poultry production system, etc. These issues have been discussed in general under this chapter in global context.
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Istiak, M.S., Khaliduzzaman, A. (2022). Poultry and Egg Production: An Overview. In: Khaliduzzaman, A. (eds) Informatics in Poultry Production. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2556-6_1
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