{"id":24328,"date":"2021-03-02T20:17:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T20:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/?p=24328"},"modified":"2021-03-02T20:17:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T20:17:11","slug":"tanzania-unveils-aggressive-plan-for-livestock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/economy\/tanzania-unveils-aggressive-plan-for-livestock","title":{"rendered":"Tanzania Unveils Aggressive Plan For Livestock"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"essb_displayed_top_586363475\" class=\"essb_links essb_counters essb_displayed_top essb_share essb_template_default4-retina essb_template_glow-retina essb_586363475 essb_width_flex essb_network_align_center essb_size_l essb_links_center print-no\" data-essb-postid=\"49696\" data-essb-position=\"top\" data-essb-button-style=\"icon_hover\" data-essb-template=\"default4-retina essb_template_glow-retina\" data-essb-counter-pos=\"hidden\" data-essb-url=\"https:\/\/taarifa.rw\/tanzania-unveils-aggressive-plan-for-livestock\/\" data-essb-fullurl=\"https:\/\/taarifa.rw\/tanzania-unveils-aggressive-plan-for-livestock\/\" data-essb-instance=\"586363475\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>AfricaPress-Tanzania:<\/strong> Tanzania has announced that it is seeking to revamp its livestock subsector with the aim of making it more profitable.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Jonas Kizima the Acting Director-General of Tanzania Livestock Research Institute (Taliri) said on Tuesday that Preliminary studies have discovered that most industries in the livestock products category are performing shoddily due to poor production and supply of raw materials.<\/p>\n<p>The Tanzanian government said it is embarking on implementing a special five-year programme (2021-2025) to push for improvement of the livestock industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe programme seeks to enable stakeholders in the beef and dairy cattle chains in all regions of to improve their performance by adopting better technologies and practices so that they can stand a professional chance to meet actual raw material demand in the livestock industry,\u201d Dr. Jonas Kizima said.<\/p>\n<p>Tanzania is therefore arguing that it is going to introduce and help livestock keepers across the country to raise hybrid animals, provide best animal health services, animal compounded and feeds, put in place animal husbandry infrastructure, improve milk handling, grazing systems and maintain good diary animal genetics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInbreeding is the biggest technical challenge livestock keepers are facing- it is detrimental to livestock,\u201d Dr Kizima noted.<\/p>\n<p>The new agenda is in compliance with President John Magufuli\u2019s directive issued to revive and promote animal industries for the next five years in the coastal East African country.<\/p>\n<p>According to Concerns by Magufuli at least 90% of animal skins and skins produced in Tanzania were of very poor quality due to poor slaughtering methods.<\/p>\n<p>Magufuli says he is seeking to motivate investors from within and outside the country to invest in meat industries, but also in leather production and other animal products such as hoofs.<\/p>\n<p>Under this new program, Tanzania wants to construct seven major abattoirs in different regions with the capacity to slaughter at least 6700 cows and 11000 goats per day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Tanzania: Tanzania has announced that it is seeking to revamp its livestock subsector with the aim of making it more profitable. 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