Livestock anchors US$8,2bln agric target

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THE Agriculture ministry says the Livestock Recovery and Growth Plan will anchor the country’s target of creating an US$8,2 billion agriculture economy by 2025.

Speaking during the launch of the Mombe Mari Trust — a beef industry investment fund — in Norton last week, the deputy minister of Agriculture, Vangelis Haritatos, said that the livestock recovery plan was part of the country’s Agriculture and Food Systems Transformation Strategy.
“The Livestock Recovery and Growth Plan is meant to chart a new trajectory for livestock production, with priority on animal nutrition, genetic improvement, animal health and market development amongst others.