World Egg Day marked with school awareness programmes, egg walk and industry workshop, with pics
Summary
World Egg Day celebrations in Chitwan included school nutrition awareness programmes, a five-kilometre Egg Walk and an industry workshop to promote egg and protein consumption. The event reached around 5,000 students across 100 schools and brought poultry stakeholders together to discuss the future of Nepal’s egg industry.
Key Points
- School awareness programmes reached around 100 schools and about 5,000 students to highlight the nutritional value of eggs and protein.
- More than 500 people joined a five-kilometre Egg Walk in Chitwan as part of the World Egg Day celebrations.
- An evening workshop brought together poultry stakeholders, nutrition experts and government representatives to discuss egg production, consumption and industry challenges.
- The event was organized by the Nepal Layers Poultry Farmers Association with support from USSEC and U.S. Soy.
