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World Bank willing to assist Zimbabwe
13 Mar 2014 at 15:34hrs | Views
The World Bank is interested in assisting Zimbabwe in resuscitating the smallholder livestock sector to boost the national herd. The national herd stands at 5, 2 million with three quarters of it coming from the communal sector.
Speaking after a meeting with Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Joseph Made, World Bank outgoing country manager to Zimbabwe, Nginya Mungai Lenneiye, applauded the collaboration between the ministry and the World Bank. He said the World Bank was willing to continue supporting the ministry with emphasis to the smallholder dairy sector and nutrition. "We are aware that the Zim Asset's cluster is on food security and nutrition and we are pretty excited by the prospects," he said. Lenneiye also introduced the new World Bank representative to Zimbabwe, Camille Nuamah.Dr Made welcomed Nuamah and said Zimbabwe was going to benefit from her experiences in Nicaragua where she had been working.
"In our discussions we shared experiences and it is the World Bank's understanding that due to certain similarities between Zimbabwe and Nicaragua's small holder livestock sectors, the two countries can exchange missions.
"To that extent I have accepted to receive a delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture of Nicaragua to exchange expertise," he said. Made said Zimbabwe and Nicaragua were close and worked together with other South Central American countries such as Cuba, Brazil and Argentina in the livestock sector.
"We want to see that corporation in terms of the South and Central America's agriculture being a component at which we exchange views," he said.
The ministry and the World Bank are carrying out a comprehensive study focusing on the small holder livestock section.
Made said the study was putting emphasis on smallholder dairy sector, animal nutrition and stockfeeds manufacturing.
Nuamah said during her visit to Zimbabwe she found a high level of analysis on the problems and some of the experiences the country has had.
"This gives the World Bank a strong basis to build a relationship and continue working with Zimbabwe," she said. The World Bank is a United Nations financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes to reduce poverty.
Speaking after a meeting with Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Joseph Made, World Bank outgoing country manager to Zimbabwe, Nginya Mungai Lenneiye, applauded the collaboration between the ministry and the World Bank. He said the World Bank was willing to continue supporting the ministry with emphasis to the smallholder dairy sector and nutrition. "We are aware that the Zim Asset's cluster is on food security and nutrition and we are pretty excited by the prospects," he said. Lenneiye also introduced the new World Bank representative to Zimbabwe, Camille Nuamah.Dr Made welcomed Nuamah and said Zimbabwe was going to benefit from her experiences in Nicaragua where she had been working.
"In our discussions we shared experiences and it is the World Bank's understanding that due to certain similarities between Zimbabwe and Nicaragua's small holder livestock sectors, the two countries can exchange missions.
"To that extent I have accepted to receive a delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture of Nicaragua to exchange expertise," he said. Made said Zimbabwe and Nicaragua were close and worked together with other South Central American countries such as Cuba, Brazil and Argentina in the livestock sector.
The ministry and the World Bank are carrying out a comprehensive study focusing on the small holder livestock section.
Made said the study was putting emphasis on smallholder dairy sector, animal nutrition and stockfeeds manufacturing.
Nuamah said during her visit to Zimbabwe she found a high level of analysis on the problems and some of the experiences the country has had.
"This gives the World Bank a strong basis to build a relationship and continue working with Zimbabwe," she said. The World Bank is a United Nations financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes to reduce poverty.
Source - BH24
