28/05/2025
Good afternoon fellow entrepreneurs and Zambia. To those that missed Friday's edition of "Walking the SME Talk" on znbc tv1 at 21:05hrs, we did have a very fruitful discussion with the Honourable minister Eng. Peter Kapala - minister of Fisheries and Livestock including our callers from around the country as we tackled the " Beef Value Chain in Zambia. Among the topical issues were 1. The enhancement of the extension services by (a) Employing of more extension officers (b) Providing transport for the officers to increase their mobility and accessibility. 2. Sinking of boreholes to increase water accessibility for drinking and feeding for the animals (hay etc.) 3. Infrastructure development (a) Construction of a vaccine centre and lab in Chilanga district and (b) Grading of access and feeder roads for service delivery. Capacity building and mindset change of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises in this case our smallholder farmers was one aspect emphasized as a critical component that need not only embracing but also to be the core of our development agenda, if we're to see sustainable growth of the Livestock sector. You can still follow the repeat episode of Friday's edition every Thursday at 11:00 hrs on znbc tv1, see you once again on Friday, have a fruitful week.