Livestock expert challenges farmers to grow forage, pasture
Creavat Chituta-Acting Provincial Livestock Production Officer for North Western Province in the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock BONNA ZULU has challenged farmers in the province to grow more forage and take livestock production as a serious business.
Mr. ZULU added that growing forage and pasture for livestock will definitely enhance the nutrition of animals and improve livestock
production in the province.
He was speaking during a Forage Demonstration and Field Day supported
by Enhanced Smallholder Livestock Investment Programme-E-SLIP held in Solwezi district .
And one of the farmers MODDY MUTESA who attended the field day thanked government through the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock for the support through the knowledge and skills in pasture production and fodder conservation and storage.
This field day was held under the theme, Sustainable Forage Production
and Utilization.