Poultry industry is growing at a very impressive rate-Given Lubinda

2
2909
Kabwata Member of Parliament GIVEN LUBINDA
GIVEN LUBINDA

Kabwata Member of Parliament GIVEN LUBINDA
Kabwata Member of Parliament GIVEN LUBINDA

Agriculture and Livestock Minister Given Lubinda says Zambia’s poultry industry is growing at a very impressive rate.

Mr. Lubinda says last year, more than 68 million day-old broilers were sold to the local market by local hatcheries translating into 3-hundred and Million kwacha annually.

He says the broiler sub-sector also consumes about 360, 000 metric tonnes of feed annually, thus creating market for small-scale farmers dealing in soya beans, sunflower and maize.

Mr. Lubinda said this in Chilanga district when he launched the Supreme Chicken Processing Plant, a subsidiary of Ross Breeders.

And Poultry Association of Zambia -PAZ Chairperson Rhodnie Sisala says it is estimated that a further growth of 8 to10 percent will be recorded in the poultry sector by the end of 2015 in the day-old broiler production.

2 COMMENTS

  1. But the cost of rearing poultry birds has short up, wouldn’t be surprised to buy a live nkuku from the neighbours at K60 each.

Comments are closed.