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Kim Chakanetsa: How can Africa satisfy its growing appetite for chickens?

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With a growing appetite for chicken in Africa, BBC Africa’s Kim Chakanetsa investigates why the continent does not produce enough birds to feed itself.

If you have eaten a handful of spicy chicken wings in Angola recently or perhaps polished off a lemony “yassa poulet” in Senegal, there is a good chance your chicken travelled some distance before finding its way on to your plate.

It depends where you live in Africa, but chickens are increasingly migrating – in freezers – from Brazil, Germany or other European Union countries to the continent.

Imports of chicken to sub-Saharan Africa tripled between 2004 and 2014, according to figures from the US Department of Agriculture.

Here’s a look at reasons behind the huge increase and what can be done to help fatten up the continent’s poultry industry – in four points:

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