A state of the art chicken farm was inaugurated this morning by Agriculture Parliamentary Secretary Roderick Galdes.

Emanuel Ciappara’s Nigma Farm at Triq Misrah s-Sinjura in Qrendi was supported by EU Rural Development funds.

A total of11,600 chicks can be reared on one farm floor and another 11,600 on another. Production time is six weeks.

The farm has its own slaughterhouse on the premises and 1,200 chicks can be slaughtered per hour.

Mr Galdes said that support of the agricutlural sector was very important as Malta could not compete in quantity but in quality.

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