MINISTER of Fisheries and Livestock Makozo Chikote says goats in the country would have been wiped out after a year if Zambia proceeded with the Saudi Arabia goat export deal. In an interview, Wednesday, Chikote noted that production levels for goats in the country were not where they needed to be. “The issue of exports of goat meat to Saudi Arabia, first of all, I want to give you a background to that, that was a programme which our colleagues who were there pronounced several times about exporting goat meat to Saudi Arabia. But there were other factors that were supposed to be considered before people could start talking about exporting goat meat to Saudi Arabia. One, we were supposed...

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