ANIMAL SCIENTISTS CHALLENGED TO BE INNOVATIVE

Noel Iyombwa
19 Sep, 2024

The Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries has challenged Animal Scientists in the country to come up with a bird(Chicken) that can be adopted as an indigenous bird in the country.

Zambia has been reliant on broilers that are bred from outside the country and cannot stand the ever changing climatic conditions in the country.

However Director of Livestock at the Ministry feels it is high Animal scientists came up with a bird that will be able to stand the country’s weather conditions.

“We are looking at a situation where we know we are depending on these foreign Germ Plasms that have dominated our markets, why can’t we as Zambians come up with our own Zambian Bird that will be able withstand our weather conditions in terms of low fees yet it is more productive”, Mr. Mupeyo noted.

He observed how a broiler is not able to withstand heat.

“Look at a broiler , if you put it in the sun for A very long time next thing it is dead . So we need to come up with bird that will be able to withstand weather conditions that are here yet does not lose that potential of being productive, so we want a bird that will be able to give us more meat, more eggs so in short we are talking about a duo purpose bird” he noted.

And Mr. Mupeyo noted that the challenge is an opportunity for local animal scientists to leave a mark in the country.

“Our colleagues in Uganda have come up with their own bird which they are calling their own”, he stated.

Meanwhile Mr. Mupeyo indicated that the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries is looking towards this aspecting.

“We have a student who is working towards coming up with a bird that we would call our own, and we also have Gart-Golden Valley Agriculture Trust is also trying to come up with a bird we can call our own.

“What will this bring on the table, we are talking about a bird that is healthy, active, persistent , capable of suiting our envoy but yet gives us more meat and one we can say yes this is our own”, Mr. Mupeyo indicated.

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