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internal (albumen and yolk) quality. The same
parameters are part of the grading criteria.
Therefore, they influence the price of an egg. The
players in the egg value chain must each play their
role in the most efficient way to maximize returns.
For the egg producer, the aim is to produce the
highest number of eggs of the best grade. This will
be achieved by keeping the right breed, offering the
right nutrition and practicing the right flock
management. For the supply chain, they must
supply right inputs demanded by the egg producer
and marketer. The consumer demands are variable
depending on their uses for eggs-table,
confectionery, hatching, laboratory etc. Consumer
concerns are conformity to the set quality standards
(freshness, colour: shell, albumen and yolk), shell
shape and strength and nutritive value). Therefore,
there has to be an efficient flow of feedback
information through the value chain to ensure
production, marketing and consumption of eggs of
the set quality standards. Affordable and accurate
equipments for assessment of egg quality should be
designed, customized and produced for use by the
different players in the egg value chain.
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