Poultry industry during COVID-19 pandemic, HPAI, and challenges to sector sustainability and competitiveness in the context of the farm to fork EU strategy and biodiversity

ABSTRACT

In the years between the two poultry symposia, the European and Croatian poultry industry has been faced With additional challenges caused by COVID-19 pandemic and highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) epidemic. These years were characterised by considerable production and market disorders, which influenced the level of production and pricing deviations in primary production, as well as in processing industry, poultry meat and poultry product market.