As the poultry sector continues to be a key pillar of Zambia’s agricultural economy, small-scale and commercial farmers are increasingly turning to technology to boost productivity. However, small-scale poultry farmers are losing thousands of Kwacha. Speaking in an interview with Zambian Business Times a poultry farmer popularly known as “The Road Farmer,” Musenge Katontoka, said many poultry farmers underestimate the technical requirements needed to successfully hatch chicks using incubators, resulting in avoidable losses. “The biggest cause of low hatch rates is wrong temperature,” Katontoka explained. He added that an incubator needs a constant temperature of around 37.5 degrees Celsius. If...
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