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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