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Africa embraces ‘Go to Work on an Egg’ to boost maternal health and nutrition
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The sun is barely up when villagers start queuing for eggs at the metal gate of Shamim Haried’s home. By noon, all that day’s supply is usually sold out, but people keep coming and asking if there are any left. Demand is so high that arguments can break out in the queue, says the mother-of-two who lives outside Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe.
The sun is barely up when villagers start queuing for eggs at the metal gate of Shamim Haried’s home.
By noon, all that day’s supply is usually sold out, but people keep coming and asking if there are any left.
Demand is so high that arguments can break out in the queue, says the mother-of-two who lives outside Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe.
Her eggs are cheaper and fresher than those sold in the market.
“The people almost fight for eggs: it’s hard to watch,” she explains.
“Eggs are the cheapest healthy protein that they can get and it’s better for them to buy here than anywhere else.”
Her flock of 1,400 chickens lay around 1,000 eggs each day, but she reckons she could sell three times that.