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Capital city: Bern
Population: 7,604,467 (July 2009 est.)
Currency: Swiss franc
Language: German, French, Italian, and Romansch (official languages)
Switzerland is a peaceful, prosperous, and stable modern market economy with low unemployment, a highly skilled labour force, and a per capita GDP among the highest in the world. In recent years the Swiss have brought their economic practices largely into conformity with the EU's to enhance their international competitiveness, but some trade protectionism remains, particularly for its small agricultural sector.
GDP - composition by sector
agriculture: 1.5%
industry: 34%
services: 64.5% (2003 est.)
Source: CIA
Latest news on Swiss poultry
09 May 2012 - Following recent changes to its corporate identity, animal nutrition company Pancosma has launched a new website, www.pancosma.com.
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02 Apr 2012 - Switzerland consumed 53.7 kilograms of meat per capita last year, and poultry rose to second place on the meat leader board. The Swiss consumed 11.4 kilograms last year, an increase of 4%.
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24 Feb 2012 - The world’s population has now surpassed the seven billion mark and is predicted to reach nine billion by 2050. With a billion people already hungry, this raises the question– how can we feed them and the billions still to come?
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21 Nov 2011 - Researchers from the Swiss Federal Veterinary Office, Centre for Proper Housing: Poultry and Rabbits, in Zollikofen, Switzerland studied the influence of nest-floor slope on the nest choice of laying hens.
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14 Sep 2011 - Swiss animal nutrition launched its product Xtrac Nature at SPACE 2011 – an enhancement of its earlier product Xtract Poultry.
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12 Sep 2011 - The phytase market is on the brink of a new era. For the first time, it will be possible to replace all feed phosphate additives in pig and poultry diets, say DSM Nutritional Products, thanks to the launch of their next-level phytase Ronozyme HiPhos.
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17 May 2011 - To support the company’s growing business Pancosma has announced the appointment of a new Market Manager to its Marketing Department.
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11 Mar 2011 - Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, invites nominations for the DSM Nutrition Award 2011 for research on Poultry Nutrition. The Award - which carries a cash prize of €50,000 - has been established to recognise and reward excellence in innovative research in the nutritional sciences.
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13 Jul 2010 - Following the successful launch of Pancosma, China (Shanghai) in 2009, Pancosma SA, the Geneva-based feed additives manufacturer, recently completed the inauguration of Pancosma Russia.
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08 Apr 2010 - Around 2 mln Swiss hens were busy up to and during Easter as consumers bought eggs to celebrate the holidays in the traditional way. Now, the appetite for eggs has returned to normal and demand has dwindled, resulting in a surplus.
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02 Oct 2006 - The Swiss economics ministry has announced that
outdoor poultry farming will be banned in certain areas, to protect local
poultry against bird flu carried by migratory birds heading to
Africa.
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