{"id":97709,"date":"2024-08-17T12:49:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T10:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zim-explores-livestock-value-chain-with-saudi-arabia"},"modified":"2024-08-17T14:54:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T12:54:59","slug":"zim-explores-livestock-value-chain-with-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zim-explores-livestock-value-chain-with-saudi-arabia","title":{"rendered":"Zim explores livestock value chain with Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>GOVERNMENT has taken a step towards enhancing its livestock value chain through potential collaboration with Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development permanent secretary Obert Jiri met with a delegation from the Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company (SALIC) in Harare yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The delegation included Mayank Jain, Ahmed Sameer Bujubarah and Sale Mohamed Alamri, who engaged in discussions aimed at fostering mutual investment opportunities in Zimbabwe\u2019s agricultural sector. In an interview with NewsDay Weekender after the meeting, Jiri expressed optimism about the prospects of this collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited about the opportunities that could arise from working with SALIC. Their expertise in the livestock sector could significantly enhance our capacity to, not only meet local demand, but also tap into regional and international markets,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis potential partnership is in line with our commitment to modernising the agricultural sector and improving food security in Zimbabwe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jiri noted that the collaboration could lead to the introduction of new technologies and practices that would benefit Zimbabwean farmers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe discussions also highlighted the possibility of technical assistance and knowledge transfer, which could help Zimbabwe adopt more advanced livestock management practices,\u201d he said<\/p>\n<p>The SALIC delegation also expressed interest in Zimbabwe\u2019s agricultural potential and acknowledged the country\u2019s strategic importance in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Jain, representing SALIC, stated that: \u201cZimbabwe has a rich history in agriculture, and we see great potential in partnering with the government to enhance the livestock sector. Our discussions today have laid a strong foundation for future co-operation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both parties are keen on developing a roadmap that will outline specific areas of collaboration and timelines for implementation.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, an agronomist from the Agriculture ministry, Tendai Chikukwa, commented on the potential benefits of the partnership, emphasising the importance of international cooperation in addressing agricultural challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCollaborations like these are crucial for developing countries like Zimbabwe. The expertise and investment from a company like SALIC could revolutionise our livestock value chain, from breeding and feed production to processing and marketing,\u201d Chikukwa said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an opportunity to learn from global best practices and implement them in our local context.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the meeting marks the beginning of what could be a transformative partnership for Zimbabwe\u2019s agricultural sector, with further discussions expected to take place in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. GOVERNMENT has taken a step towards enhancing its livestock value chain through potential collaboration with Saudi Arabia. Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development permanent secretary Obert Jiri met with a delegation from the Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company (SALIC) in Harare yesterday. The delegation included Mayank Jain, Ahmed Sameer Bujubarah [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":97708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[19],"class_list":{"0":"post-97709","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-policy","9":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Zim explores livestock value chain with Saudi Arabia - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"GOVERNMENT has taken a step towards enhancing its livestock value chain through potential collaboration with Saudi Arabi ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zim-explores-livestock-value-chain-with-saudi-arabia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zim explores livestock value chain with Saudi Arabia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"GOVERNMENT has taken a step towards enhancing its livestock value chain through potential collaboration with Saudi Arabi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zim-explores-livestock-value-chain-with-saudi-arabia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-17T10:49:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-17T12:54:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/08\/sm_1723886675.184143.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zim-explores-livestock-value-chain-with-saudi-arabia\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zim-explores-livestock-value-chain-with-saudi-arabia\",\"name\":\"Zim explores livestock value chain with Saudi Arabia - zimbabwe\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zim-explores-livestock-value-chain-with-saudi-arabia#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zim-explores-livestock-value-chain-with-saudi-arabia#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/08\/sm_1723886675.184143.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-17T10:49:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-17T12:54:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4\"},\"description\":\"GOVERNMENT has taken a step towards enhancing its livestock value chain through potential collaboration with Saudi Arabi ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zim-explores-livestock-value-chain-with-saudi-arabia#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zim-explores-livestock-value-chain-with-saudi-arabia\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zim-explores-livestock-value-chain-with-saudi-arabia#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/08\/sm_1723886675.184143.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/08\/sm_1723886675.184143.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":750,\"caption\":\"Zim explores livestock value chain with Saudi Arabia\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zim-explores-livestock-value-chain-with-saudi-arabia#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Zim explores livestock value chain with Saudi Arabia\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/\",\"name\":\"zimbabwe\",\"description\":\"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Zim explores livestock value chain with Saudi Arabia - zimbabwe","description":"GOVERNMENT has taken a step towards enhancing its livestock value chain through potential collaboration with Saudi Arabi ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zim-explores-livestock-value-chain-with-saudi-arabia","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Zim explores livestock value chain with Saudi Arabia","og_description":"GOVERNMENT has taken a step towards enhancing its livestock value chain through potential collaboration with Saudi Arabi ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zim-explores-livestock-value-chain-with-saudi-arabia","og_site_name":"zimbabwe","article_published_time":"2024-08-17T10:49:12+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-08-17T12:54:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":750,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/08\/sm_1723886675.184143.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zim-explores-livestock-value-chain-with-saudi-arabia","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zim-explores-livestock-value-chain-with-saudi-arabia","name":"Zim explores livestock value chain with Saudi Arabia - zimbabwe","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zim-explores-livestock-value-chain-with-saudi-arabia#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zim-explores-livestock-value-chain-with-saudi-arabia#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/08\/sm_1723886675.184143.jpg","datePublished":"2024-08-17T10:49:12+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-17T12:54:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4"},"description":"GOVERNMENT has taken a step towards enhancing its livestock value chain through potential collaboration with Saudi Arabi ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zim-explores-livestock-value-chain-with-saudi-arabia#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zim-explores-livestock-value-chain-with-saudi-arabia"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zim-explores-livestock-value-chain-with-saudi-arabia#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/08\/sm_1723886675.184143.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/08\/sm_1723886675.184143.jpg","width":1000,"height":750,"caption":"Zim explores livestock value chain with Saudi Arabia"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zim-explores-livestock-value-chain-with-saudi-arabia#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Zim explores livestock value chain with Saudi Arabia"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/","name":"zimbabwe","description":"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4","name":"cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97713,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97709\/revisions\/97713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}