The Zimbabwean government seeks to grow the national herd
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Published Feb 27, 2023
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The Government has pledged to grow the national cattle herd to ensure self-sufficiency and to improve diets in the country.
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Source: Govt seeks to grow national herd | Sunday Mail (Business) Business Reporter 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 5,4 million. While tick-borne diseases killed at least 500 000 cattle in the past five years, deaths from these sicknesses ...
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