Productions
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25 May 2008
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ARD Weltspiegel
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The global chicken |
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Most of the chicken runs from Kofi, a chicken farmer in Ghana, are empty. Around 90% of the chicken farmers already went bankrupt. The market in Ghana almost does not want the local chicken meat anymore. According to traders it is too expensive. Chicken meat from Europe is much, much cheaper. ARD Weltspiegel broadcasts a background reportage filmed in Ghana and in the Netherlands, one of the largest European chicken meat exporters. It turns out that a all parts of the chicken find their way into the world. Breasts to Europe, legs to eastern Europe, claws to Asia and the rest to Africa.
Activities: research, set-up and planning, accompanying filming.