Table 2.
Cage-free egg producers’ answers to the open-ended question ‘What are the main operational challenges in running your cage-free farm?’ summarised by country
| Emerging themes | Philippines | China | Indonesia | Japan | Malaysia | Thailand | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Marketing/Market
Marketing/brand, distribution |
3 | 2 | 5 | ||||
|
Product sales
Egg pricing, competitiveness of cage eggs |
1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
|
Cost of production
Feed, operations, economies of scale, equipment |
7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Cost of land | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
|
Resourcing
Supply of litter and chicks from aviaries, staff challenges |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
|
Disease
Management, biosecurity |
1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
|
Production rate
Feed conversion ratio, egg production rate |
1 | 5 | 6 | ||||
|
Floor eggs
Collection difficulties, hygiene |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
|
Management of the system
Environment control, weather, husbandry, achieving growth rates, record keeping, feed calculation, knowledge of the system |
4 | 2 | 1 | 8 |