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Agriculture
production and productivity of the various livestock species and promotion of the public-private partnership
in value addition and processing of livestock products as well as the provision of an effective service delivery
and marketing of livestock products.
Measures put in place to combat livestock diseases include vaccination campaigns, livestock movement
restrictions, target placement, aerial spraying, and immunization campaigns. This resulted in a disease inci-
dence reduction from 43.1 percent in 2007 to 2.8 percent in 2009.
Further, to increase livestock numbers and enhance the marketability of Zambian livestock products, govern-
ment has embarked on the creation of a livestock disease free zone covering Copperbelt, Central and Lusaka
provinces.
The Fisheries sub sector is also undergoing remarkable growth. Fish production under capture fisheries
increased from 65,927 metric tons in 2005 to 84,716 metric tons in 2009. An increase by 50.8 percent in fish
production under aquaculture was recorded from 5,640 metric tons in 2008 to 8,505 metric tons in 2009.
Currently the fisheries subsector contribution to GDP is only about 3.2 percent due to the grossly under-
developed aquaculture component.
There is still a lot of potential in this area, which is being tapped through aquaculture development, emphasis
on capture fisheries, and improved infrastructure for fisheries research and marketing as well as investment
promotion.
Sincerely,
Emmanuel T. Chenda
MINISTER