MALAWI CHICKENS & FEED BEING SMUGGLED INTO ZAMBIA
By Agness Njovu
The Poultry Association of Zambia -PAZ- is concerned with reports of smuggling of chickens and feed from Malawi into Zambia.
PAZ Executive Manager DOMINIC CHANDA attributes the smuggling to the appreciation of the Zambian Kwacha against the Malawian Kwacha which he says makes chickens and feed from that country cheaper.
He says the situation is affecting poultry farmers in Chipata as their businesses are now being threatened by cheaper poultry products from Malawi.
Mr. CHANDA has further told ZNBC News that the situation also poses a risk on livestock diseases in Zambia.
And Ministry of Livestock-Department of Veterinary Services Chief Epidemiologist CAESAR LUBABA said the practice is a major cause of livestock diseases in Zambia .
Dr. LUBABA has since urged stakeholders to follow the right procedures when importing livestock.