GOVERNMENT has procured 105 cattle at a total value of K555,000 under the Poverty Reduction Programme in southern province.
Southern province acting provincial agricultural coordinator Max Choombe says the animals were procured for the cattle restocking programme in southern province.
Dr. Choombe says that 84 animals will soon be dispatched to Kazungula district in which 80 are female and 4 are improved breed of bulls.
He further stated that the animals will be dispatched to Mochipapa livestock centre to continue with the multiplication programme to improve the progeny.
The Acting provincial agricultural coordinator said during his presentation of a status report for the province in the agriculture sector to minister of agriculture and livestock Wylbur Simusa in Choma, today.
He explained that government through the ministry of agriculture and livestock will rehabilitate and construct 335 dipping tanks in southern province to control and contain cattle diseases.
And speaking in an exclusive interview , in Choma today Dr. Choombe said a further K13 million has been set aside in this year’s budget for cattle restocking in the province.
Dr. Choombe said all the 13 districts in southern province are ear marked to receive K1 million for cattle restocking programme.
The beneficiary districts include, Livingstone, Kazungula, Kalomo, Choma, Sinazongwe and Zimba.
Others are Namwala, Pemba, Gwembe, Monze, Mazabuka, Chikankata and Siavonga districts, respectively.
Dr. Choombe was optimistic that central government will expedite the disbursement of the K13 million for cattle restocking in this year’s budget to flag off the programme of cattle restocking as soon as possible.
What is that for – the whole province sure, or even those districts mentioned should have been broken down into identifiable beneficiary units? SP is just too big, and the poor in the province are just too many, like any other province, so 105 is rubbish!
I can’t wait for HH to compare those numbers. 105??? Even 1,105 wouldn’t be something the government can even show-off.
it’s re-stocking and allowing the animals to mate and multiply – not for beef immediately and what a better province to receive this gesture than SP.
Rubbish. 105 heads of cattle cannot reduce poverty, no matter what formula is applied.
HH has 10 000 cattle. Teen agers in Namwala own 2000 cattle minimum
But did they start with thousand or they started from some small number?
IWE ZABWINO JUST PRAISE PF!AKUPELA INGOMBE SHINGA HH OUT 10000?
Statistics indicate southern province leads the nation in cattle population, how come that’s still not enough?
Guys the cattle is not for immediate consuption but for breeding. It does not matter how many HH has and how many SP has. This is long term project and the gorvernmenthas not ended here. This 105 will increase in number after some years. Think long term.
Procured from where? Doesn’t GRZ have farms to breed animals?
st….d quetion! sit down
campaing gimmick
its very important to know where those cattle were procured from. Is this really journalism in Zambia where a journalist can’t even probe where cattle were bought from. The origin of the animals may highlight their quality and other things.
It’s time to do a donchi kubeba. Chew those cows and know who to vote for.