{"id":9363,"date":"2015-07-16T12:15:40","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T12:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kohelet.org.il\/article\/poultry-farming-in-israel-economic-analysis-and-reform-proposals\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T09:49:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T09:49:24","slug":"poultry-farming-in-israel-economic-analysis-and-reform-proposals","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.kohelet.org.il\/en\/article\/poultry-farming-in-israel-economic-analysis-and-reform-proposals\/","title":{"rendered":"Kohelet Paper &#8211; Israel&#8217;s Poultry Industry: Central Planning Analysis and Reform Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This paper, written by Dr. Asher Meir, Heni Rothstein Cohen and Adv. Ariel Erlich, examines Israel&#8217;s poultry industry, focusing primarily on its central planning and the economic ramifications thereof. It examines the negative effects of central planning on<br>various elements of the industry, as well as on consumer prices, concluding that the historical justifications such as they are for the planned market, which includes the statutory Egg and Poultry Board, are baseless. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Opening the market to free market operations, in both eggs and broiler industries, is absolutely necessary to optimize the market and lower consumer prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See the English summary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kohelet.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/the-egg-laying-industry.pdf\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.kohelet.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/the-egg-laying-industry.pdf\">here<\/a>.<br>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kohelet.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9C-%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A8-%D7%A2%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%94.pdf\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.kohelet.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9C-%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A8-%D7%A2%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%94.pdf\">full Hebrew paper<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This paper, written by Dr. Asher Meir, Heni Rothstein Cohen and Adv. 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