Zambia observes creation of over 83,000 jobs by poultry industry in 10 years

The poultry industry has created more than 83,000 direct jobs in Zambia in the last 10 years, according to Dominic Chanda, the Executive Manager of Poultry Association of Zambia.

In a direct conversation with ZANIS, Dominic Chanda opined that the poultry industry in Zambia has observed an average growth of around 20 percent in the last 10 years. During his interview, he also compared rise of the poultry industry with other sectors under livestock saying that it (the poultry industry) is posting positive numbers contributing about 4.8 percent to the country’s GDP and 48 percent to livestock GDP.

According to Chanda, the poultry industry produced about 78 million birds and 41.6 million trays of eggs for both local and foreign markets in 2018. He added that between 30 and 35 per cent of eggs produced in Zambia are exported to Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe and Namibia. Currently, Zambia is exporting between 12 and 15 percent of chickens to neighbouring countries with the Democratic Republic of Congo being the major export destination. The country is also currently exporting pullet stocks to Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya and Zimbabwe.

The Executive Manager of Poultry Association of Zambia observed that the growth of the poultry industry in the country has further led to the growth of other subsidiary industries such as the cultivation and manufacture of different soya beans products, ZANIS noted.

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