Dairy, Meat & Poultry businesses in Zambia

Companies listed here produce and sell dairy products which include cheese, ice cream, yogurt, butter, condensed milk and dried milk ready for consumption. They also sell processed meat and poultry produce like sausages, beef, offal, T-bone, pork chops, eggs, and chicken and turkey meats. These products are available on both wholesale and retail. The dairy sector, meat and poultry producers are consolidating to take advantage of economies of scale. The demands of today's fast-changing modern lifestyle mean packaging solutions will enhance production and at the same time deliver a sustainable solution that reduces food waste.

Dairy farming is a branch of agriculture that encompasses the breeding, raising, and utilization of dairy animals, primarily cows, for the production of milk and the various dairy products processed from it including milk, cheese, yoghurt and various drinks blended with milk.

Meat production refers to the slaughter, in slaughterhouses and farms, of animals whose carcass is declared fit for human consumption. This definition applies to beef, pork, lamb and mutton. Another meat production is goat and rabbit meat. In Zambia, farmers raise livestock for meat on intensive and free-range farming methods.

Poultry farming in Zambia is the form of animal husbandry which raises domesticated birds such as chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese to produce meat or eggs for food. Poultry – mostly chickens – are farmed in great numbers. Chickens raised for eggs are known as layers, while chickens raised for meat are called broilers.

Poultry farming in Zambia ranges from small backyard operations to commercial poultry operations involving tens of thousands of birds for meat or egg production.

Find the farming operations that supply dairy, meat and poultry in Zambia in this category.