Mon, 21 Aug 2017 13:56:00 +0000 By Makeli Phiri IN ORDER to feed the ever rising Zambian population of this country, there must be a corresponding increase in food production if famine and its consequences are not to become a very big problem within the years to come. The acreage of crop production and other basic foodstuffs must be increased and the methods of cultivation interfiled. The need to increase production applies equally to domestic animals. It can be met by an increase in the size of the herds or flock and their pastures, by the rise in their productivity and by the control of animal diseases. Prevention and treatment of diseases must therefore be complementary to other measures to increase food production. The animal owner must be provided with information necessary to prevent and cure diseases, for it is only with help that animal production can be extended. Let us look at climate and […]
