RABBITS EMPOWERMENT IN SIOMA DISTRICT
By ANGELA KABAMBA ABOUT 10 cooperatives, among them individual farmers of Sioma district in Western Province have been given 100 rabbits and 10 cages as housing for the rabbits, through government’s co- financed project Enhanced Smallholder Livestock Investment Programme (E-SLIP). E-SLIP Stocking and Restocking Specialist, Mwape Mweni, disclosed that about USD$15,000 had been injected in […]
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Government is changing the narrative of livestock farming
By Lawrence Kabutu Government is changing the narrative of livestock farmers taking the rearing of cattle as a tradition but a viable business to improve their livelihoods. Minister of Fisheries and Livestock Makozo Chikote said the New Dawn government is aware that farmers have for a long time fallen victim to being price takers not […]
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Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock in Mazabuka has carried out a 100 per cent Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) Vaccination
By Lawrence Kabutu MAZABUKA District Commissioner Oliver Mulomba has disclosed that the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock in Mazabuka has carried out a 100 per cent Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccination of cattle against the disease. Mr. Mulomba was briefing Minister of Fisheries and Livestock Mokozo Chikote in Chief Mwanachingwala’s chiefdom in Mazabuka during […]
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