Tuesday we met with the poultry department from the ministry of agriculture. All seven of them came here and we had a big meeting with presentations by Tinashe and me, and a lot of discussion. We also had one guy from National Chicks (our supplier) and two of our farmers. Altogether, I think it was a successful meeting. We'll be picking them up this morning and taking them to see the chicken houses themselves. Then they've agreed to run a training seminar for 3 days in March.
I think it would be a very good thing if our farmers get more connected to the ministry. The ministry seemed very committed to making an effort to help small-scale farmers. Although I'm not sure how much impact they have, or how deep their concern is, I think they do have some resources that we don't.
So we're hoping this is another good meeting.
-Ben
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