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Hybrid celebrates 60 years in Zambia

Hybrid Poultry Farm says the company is proud that it has been around for 60 years and has expanded their business and product lines during these years noting that the company supplies broiler day old chicks, hybrid pullets which are the layer chicks and village chicks.

Business Development Manager Philip Maina said the company is the largest player in the day old chick market, provides day old chicks to farmers and enables them to make a livelihood out of it and provides technical support to farmers on the Copperbelt and Lusaka as well as the rest of the country.

Maina said the company supports small-scale farmers by providing technical support and laboratory services and is proud that farmers have stood with the company for the many years it has been in existence adding that the company is happy that it is able to contribute towards feeding the nation.

He stated that Hybrid also collaborates with the community in various ways and is a responsible business as it looks at how it handles company waste management, the environment, has a recycling scheme for its waste and is part of the one million tree-planting project.

Speaking during the company’s 60th birthday celebration, Maina added that the plan is to continue expanding and growing, create more employment opportunities and continue feeding the nation in the years to come.

He noted that as the company hits 60 years, it is part of the bigger family of the poultry sector in the country and wants to give back to the community as a way of saying thank you for the support the community has given the company over the years.