Zim Should Invest Manufacturing Drugs And Vaccines Needed In Agric Sector- Shiri

Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri said Zimbabwe should invest in manufacturing vaccines and drugs needed in the agricultural sector.

Shiri said this while officiating at a strategic planning workshop held in Mutare last week. He said Zimbabwe should manufacture its own drugs locally to reduce pressure on scarce foreign currency. Said Shiri:

Zimbabwe is a livestock country and we cannot afford to be a perennial importer of animal vaccines and drugs. It is critical that as a nation, we take bold decisions and invest in local manufacturing of some of the drugs such as foot and mouth vaccines to reduce pressure on scarce foreign currency.

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