Sizing of the backyard and micro-commercial egg production in Australia
Sapere was engaged to develop a methodology and approach for estimating the level of production in the backyard (households raising less than 15 hens and whose level of production is typically driven to meet personal consumption demands) and micro-commercial (small-scale operations with up to 1,000 hens) segment of the egg industry (collectively referred to as the ‘informal sector’).
Michael Ryan
Matt Balmford
John Wallace
Sizing of the backyard and micro-commercial egg production in Australia

Which came first the chicken or the egg? We don’t have the answer to that, but we do know the size of backyard and micro-commercial egg production in Australia.
David Moore
David Graham
Corina Comendant
Angus White