Chicken prices today in Morocco: a jump to 26 dirhams per kilo

The price of live chickens in Morocco jumped again during the last days of September 2026, exceeding 20 dirhams per kilogram in a number of markets, and touching 26 dirhams in the cities of Casablanca and Rabat, after months of collapse that exhausted poultry farmers and brought a number of them into heavy losses. The new spike reopens the debate about the stability of Morocco's chicken production chain and its direct impact on the household budget. Why is the price of chicken going up now? Professionals in the sector, including Abdulkarim Alkaddouri, link the writer The local branch of the poultry branch of the National Syndicate of Traders and Professionals in Khouribga, the current rise with the decline in supply after the heat wave that Morocco experienced last summer and caused the death of numbers of chickens, in addition to the high prices of fodder and chicks. The price of the chick, which was only one dirham, jumped to about 11 dirhams before finally falling to 8 dirhams. The cycle of collapse and rise in the poultry market The figures circulating in recent weeks reflect a familiar cycle in the poultry market in Morocco, of collapse On the eve of Eid al-Adha to the current jump: The price of one kilogram of live chicken in Morocco has evolved (in dirhams) The approximate price per kilogram The collapse before Eid al-Adha is 6 - 7 dirhams The wholesale price is currently (at the product) 16 - 17.5 dirhams The installment price in Casablanca and Rabat is 22 - 26 dirhams The highest level recorded during the election campaign is about 30 dirhams The "balanced" price demanded by professionals is 13 - 14 dirhams Redouane Zouitni, member of the Moroccan University of Consumer Rights, explains that this great disparity between the two wholesale prices The installment opens the door to questions about the distribution rings, at a time when the prices of red meat in Morocco are also still high, which doubles the pressure on the budget of Moroccan families. Are Moroccans waiting for a decline in prices soon? Professionals in the sector rule out that the timing of the September 23 legislative elections or the festive seasons is a direct cause of the rise, stressing that weddings do not explain more than 10% of the current demand. They expect a gradual decline in prices in the coming weeks, with the resumption of hatcheries their activity and the production of chicks returned to its usual levels. In the meantime, chicken, one of the most consumed sources of protein in Moroccan cuisine, remains one of the most prominent items of cost of living that have been weighing on families' tables in recent weeks.