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MINISTRY OF LANDS, AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES, WATER AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

MINISTRY OF LANDS, AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES, WATER AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

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DEPARTMENT OF LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

VISION STATEMENT

Quality livestock and livestock products readily available and affordable

MISSION STATEMENT

To provide livestock extension, advisory and regulatory services for sustainable livestock production to enhance food and nutrition security, livelihoods and incomes

CORE VALUES

 
Integrity: We uphold the highest moral and ethical standards, dealing in a fair and honest manner with all our clients, staff, and other stakeholders.
Professionalism: We commit to uphold the highest standards of proficiency in our endeavour to deliver excellent service to our clients.
Transparency and Accountability: We are open and answerable to all our stakeholders for the resources entrusted to us and for results.
Teamwork, Commitment and Collaboration: We believe that together we accomplish much and are persistent in pursuing our vision for agriculture in Zimbabwe.
Responsiveness: We are sensitive to the needs of our clients and commit to respond timeously.
Innovativeness: We develop new technologies and services, increasing the customer base and general creativity in the value chain

MANDATE

The purpose of the department is to increase livestock production through stakeholder engagement, coordination and promotion of good animal husbandry practicesto the clientele.

LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT ORGANOGRAM

  1. Departmental Mandate 2002
  2. Bees Act (Chapter 19:02)
  3. Dairy Act (Chapter 18:08)
  4. Fertilizers, Farm feeds and Remedies Act (Chapter18:12)
  5. Food and Food Standards Act
  6. Pig Industry Act (Chapter 18:15)
  7. Registration of Pedigree Farm Livestock Act (Chapter 19:11)
  8. Stock Trespass Act (Chapter 19:14)
  9. Control of Goods (Registration of Poultry Producers) Regulations 1972.
  10. Control of Goods (Processed Poultry and Poultry Products), Regulations 1968, 1973.
  11. Agricultural Products Marketing (Livestock), Carcass Classification and Grading – Regulations 2000
  12. Technical Barriers To Trade Agreements
  13. Codex Alimentarius provisions of the WHO and FAO
  14. United Nations SDGs
  15. NDS 1
  16. Agricultural, Food and Transformation Systems Strategy
  17. Livestock Growth Plan
  18. Food and Nutrition Security Policy
  1. Large Stock
  2. Small Stock
  3. Apiculture
  4. Livestock and Meat Grading
  1. Promote use of improved production and processing technologies to farmers
  2. Collect, collate, analyze and provide updated livestock production information
  3. Provide livestock disaster risk management strategies
  4. Provide livestock enterprise planning and advisory services
  5. Facilitate livestock production training to value chain players in the livestock industry
  6. Coordinate the development of the livestock sector
  7. Monitoring of livestock development programs
  8. Provide live animal grading services
  9. Provide meat and carcass grading services in registered abattoirs
  10. Compile and disseminate the livestock public sales calendar
 
  1. Presidential Rural poultry scheme
  2. Presidential Goat scheme
  3. Presidential Silage input scheme
  4. Presidential forage legume scheme
  5. Hay baling program
  6. Dairy improvement scheme (5% dairy levy)
  7. On-farm feed formulation
  8. Artificial insemination
  9. Urea treatment
  10. Presidential apiculture program
  11. Youth hubs
  12. Heifer pass-on scheme
  13. Livestock and carcass grading
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