Wednesday 26 January 2011

ZAMBIAN FIRM, SOUTH AGRO COMPANY TO SET UP LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT PLANT


A Kafue based company has entered into partnership with a South African manufacturing company to set up an assembly plant for livestock handling equipment in Kafue district in Lusaka Province.
Fens Investment Chief Executive Officer Felix Nseluka told ZANIS in an interview in Kafue today that his company has finally clinched a deal with TALTEC; a South African based Agriculture Company, to market and assemble livestock handling
equipment.
He said Kafue District Council has since allocated the company a piece of land where it is expected to soon start constructing a ware house and plant.
Mr Nseluka said the company which has been dealing with TALTEC for the past three years, is happy that Government policies have been favourable to local investors like him.
He also expressed happiness that for the past seven years, the company had managed to manufacture spray races, domestic and commercial trailers without any difficulties.
Mr Nseluka said with the partnership it had entered into with TALTEC, the company would be assembling mobile dip tanks for livestock animals, trailer loads, and animal scales adding that the introduction of these products on the Zambian soared demand by farmers.
He also assured that the products which would mostly target medium and small scale farmers would be affordable for the country to make progress in tackling animal diseases that have ravaged cattle and other livestock.
The Chief Executive Officer said Government through the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development had also shown
interest in purchasing some of its products for distribution to rural areas so that farmers use them for treating their animals.
ZANIS

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