The Zimbabwean government seeks to grow the national herd

Published 2023년 2월 26일

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The Government of Zimbabwe, led by Deputy Minister Davis Marapira and Dr Josphat Nyika, the chief director of Veterinary Services, is strategizing to grow the national cattle herd, currently at 5.4 million, to achieve self-sufficiency and enhance dietary quality. The plan includes protecting breeding heifers and utilizing artificial insemination to increase the herd, with the government importing semen from around the world and locally breeding semen. The initiative aims to address the decline in cattle numbers due to slaughtering and tick-borne diseases, which have reduced the herd by half a million in the last five years. Additionally, Coopers and Shumba Group are producing animal dipping chemicals to control diseases, supporting the government's efforts to expand the livestock value chain and boost livelihoods in major cattle-rearing regions.

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Source: Govt seeks to grow national herd | Sunday Mail (Business) Business Reporter The Government has pledged to grow the national cattle herd to ensure self-sufficiency and to improve diets in the country. This was said by Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Deputy Minister Davis Marapira at a stakeholders’ meeting, where he led a delegation that included the chief director of Veterinary Services Dr Josphat Nyika to assess the country’s ability to increase its herd. “As the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, we are more serious about developing our cattle population. “In the last 10 years, we have been told that our cattle population is 5 million. “There has been no growth, the reason is that people are slaughtering females and heifers. Because of that, the policy we have as Government is to make sure we safeguard the slaughtering of breeding heifers,” said Deputy Minister Marapira. The national herd currently stands at ...

Source: Zimbabwesituation