2120 final report.pdf - Agra CEAS Consulting

THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS TO KEEP LAYING HENSstable with around 50% of total egg consumption being derived from each source. These numbersdo not indicate what proportion of imported eggs are sourced from alternative egg production, but itmight be assumed that the bulk of imported egg products are derived from caged production and thebulk of imported shell eggs are sourced from alternative forms of production, although it has alsobeen noted that there has been an increase in the share of egg products being sourced fromalternative systems. There is currently some concern, however, that the extensive transitionalsubsidisation of producers switching to alternative systems has created a group of potentially nonviableholdings. 33250200Annual per capita consumption1501005001975 1980 1985 1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003Domestic shell eggs Imported shell eggs Domestic egg products Imported egg productsFigure 6.1: Per capita egg consumption in Switzerland, 1975-200333 Koch, Benedikt and Rieder, Peter, Staatliche Marktinterventionen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung vertikaler Vertragsproduktion,Institut für Agrarwirtschaft, Gruppe Markt und Politik, ETH-Zentrum, February 2002.86