Zambian poultry sector shows significant growth #zambia

Zambia’s poultry sector has demonstrated huge progress,
regarding production, commercial and technological
factors, according to the Zambian government
Currently the production of poultry, meat and eggs in
Zambia is consumed locally. The growth in the sector has
expanded the egg setting’s national capacity to around
1.7mn per week.
Further to its growth, Zambia has now set up modern
abattoirs for poultry processing to meet growing demand
for chicken in the country.
The country's poultry industry contributes around 4.8 per
cent to agricultural gross domestic product (GDP) and
livestock value addition is 48 per cent.
According to the Zambian government, the sector generates
direct or indirect income and employment for an estimated
80,000 people, 50,000 of which are permanent jobs and
30,000 are seasonal jobs.
Poultry is currently the main meat consumed in Zambia,
totalling an estimated 50 per cent of total meat
consumption, followed by beef at 28 per cent, pork and fish
at 16 per cent and the other meat products at six per cent.