Dhaka, May 16 -- According to egg industry stakeholders, a combination of increased demand and a fall in supply has driven up the price of eggs,.

Egg producers (layer chicken farmers) in the Noakhali region said the fall in supply was caused by the closure of at least 20 per cent of the farms due to outbreaks of diseases, and also due to a low price of eggs, which persisted for many months. Both of these factors have caused many farms to stop production.

The demand for eggs usually increases at the beginning of summer, when winter vegetables are no longer available. In the present situation, the demand for eggs has risen while supply has fallen, forcing the price to increase, just as economic theory would predict.

In the past, when egg...