The project aims at covering the supply gap in the   healthy   broiler   products.   It   envisages establishing hygiene slaughter houses adopting slaughter techniques in compliance   with   the Islamic    Shariah    in    its    efforts    to    control prevailing   poultry   diseases   caused   by   poor practices     during     the     various     stages     of processing. The project is expected to bridge the supply gap in the country in particular and in the region of West Africa in general. So, it is classified as the largest poultry production project in this region.

It is an integrated project produces a wide range of poultry products, including (hatching eggs, a day-old chicks and broilers); poultry feed for livestock farmers in addition to selling both frozen and cold slaughtered  in  compliance  to  Islamic Shariah  in  a  large-scale  slaughter  house  of  the project.
 The project is comprised of four sheds to raise parent broilers as indoor rearing, hatchery sheds, and five sheds for fattening broilers. Other buildings comprise the feed factory and the slaughter house. The production capacity of the project amounts to 4.8 million processed birds per year consumed through (hatching) and marketed after processing in the slaughterhouse. It also produces 36 thousand tons of poultry feed per year. Such project is considered as a pioneer investment in the Senegalese economy, as it has unique production techniques in comparison with the prevailing traditional techniques, in addition to its large space area.  

The  survey  that  is  carried  out  by  the  company shows  the  lack  of  integration  of  the  various production  processes  despite  establishing  some semi-automated farms in the urban areas of the country  to  cover  the  demand  of  the  increasing population.  However, the current farms do not use the modern techniques of poultry production and the national producers suffer from the low productivity of local breeds. The government is now importing the cheap imported poultry products to satisfy the local demand. Senegal’s poultry imports amounted to little more than 1,000 metric tons in 1999 reaching approximately 12,000 metric tons by 2003.

Foras outlined that Dakar had been selected as the project site due to its optimal environmental parameters as regards humidity and ambient temperature, its strategic location and its accessibility via paved roads and rail ways to the neighboring potential importers, in addition to its  sea  port  that  makes  it  accessible  to  the  world ports. However, the local sector complains with weak domestic distribution channels which are controlled by unofficial retailers (about 75 %), i.e. without trademarks. The States of West Africa are faced with the challenge of how to provide cheap nutritious meals for the growing numbers of population.
The company is in the process of preparing the  detailed  technical  feasibility  of  the  project that  covers  all  the  technical  aspects  beside  the emphasis on site selection in accordance with the prevailing environmental conditions. In addition, the company shall implement the project plan based on the above parameters and in compliance with the standards and requirements of the  state in relevance to similar investment projects.  The company shall thereafter apply to obtain the final project approval from the relevant authorities. The project is expected to be implemented soon. During the first phase of the project it is expected to cover the local demand of the poultry products and in its final phase to satisfy the demand of the population in West Africa.
According to the pre-feasibility study the project is expected to realize a net profit during its early stages and t o employ 400 persons in the various professions in addition to the seasonal labor requirements.

Foras owns 60% of the capital of the poultry project and the balance 40 % shall be contributed by the local business men. The company is in the process    of    carefully    nominating    the    local strategic shareholders of wide experience in the field of natural poultry production. 
This integrated poultry project minimizes all risks of production except the rearing chicks that are imported, and so it maximizes the profitability and minimizes costs. The project contributes to increasing the poultry exports to the countries of West Africa such as Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Mali, Togo and Niger.
The Senegalese Government attracts the foreign investment by adopting a package of incentives beside   non-discrimination   of   its   laws against firms 100% owned by foreign investors in most economic sectors.

It is worth mentioning that Foras International Investment Co.  is the  investment  arm  of  the ICCI.  The  company  is  a  pioneer  firm  in  the investing  in  the  unique  investment  projects  that are economically viable within the OIC countries.
 The designed capacity of the project is 4. 8 million broilers per year consumed through hatching and marketed after being processed in the slaughterhouse.  The live weight of the bird is 1.75 kilogram in average. The project produces 4,100 tons of broiler m eat and 527 tons meat based chicken. The feed factory produces 36 thousand tons per year of feed and 36 thousand tons of poultry concentrates half of them are consumed in the poultry project and the rest shall be dispensed in the local market and neighboring countries.
The project shall import commercial breeds characterized by a high feed conversion rate so as to gain live weight in the shortest period of time.

The project is summarized as follows: It comprises the station for parent stock broilers to produce fertilized eggs. It is one unit composed of 3 vertical sheds. The capacity per shed is 20,000 birds to produce 8 million fertilized eggs per year to produce broiler chicks.
The project also includes the incubator and hatching unit to produce 1-day old chicks from the fertilized egg produced by the parent stock. The capacity of this unit is 90,720 chicks per day equivalent to 6 million chicks per year.
The broiler fattening unit is composed of 5 closed sheds with a capacity of 3.6 birds per year.
The project maintains the highest standard of safety measures during all stages of production through cleaning, ensuring the efficiency of cleansing before housing the chicks and tightening ways of supplying the operating requirements for the projects to ensure efficiency and quality