A senior government official in North Western province says Government has plans to revamp the defunct Mwinilunga pineapple canary.
North Western province Permanent Secretary David Shamulenge told the Zambia News and Information (ZANIS) in a phone interview that government intends to reopen the defunct pineapple canary.
Dr. Shamulenge said Government will for partners to ensure the factory is reopened so as to create employment for the youths in the province.
Dr. Shamulenge said youths will only have money in their pockets once they are offered employment through the reopening of the pineapple canary and other income generation ventures.
He stressed that farmers in Mwinilunga District have the potential to feed the canary with pineapples once it resumes operations.
Dr. Shamulenge said Mwinlunga has the best pineapples hence the need to reopen the canary and assist the farmers market there produce.
He said the reopening of the pineapple canary will play a pivotal role in creating market for the pineapple farmers.
Dr. Shamulenga said a scheme will be initiated that will seek to assist pineapple farmers to boost their production.
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Why was it closed? I hope we will move towards doing proper feasibility as opposed to impressing the electorate at the expense of their dreams.
Even positive stuff people consider them negative.
It is well come move can government also consider reopening mununshi banana scheme, nchelenge rubber plantation, mongu cashew nuts scheme and many more agricultural ventures and other factories for them to curb unemployement levels among the youth and the many un employed God bless our country zambia and its people
The Kaunda govt, despite its own mistakes was quite visionary. This pineapple factory plus the one mentioned by @3 THE SIR,are just some of their many initiatives that we’ve along the way shelved or totally abandoned, yet they have the potential to sort out most our unemployment problems. The irony for me is that it is Kaunda who besides having been faced with a much lower level of joblessness than subsequent govts had the political will to create all these ventures! WHAT’S GONE WRONG?
Nachimbi ichankalipa chakwisala DANLOP pa ndola, fyonse ifi bakalolekeshepo.
Good move!
no1 tell us why you think it shouldnt be reopened, people like you canot achieve anything the govt is there to create jobs for people,, if there were problems they must be solved, people like you dont solve problems but only fear them more industries need to be created
# 3 you are right, I had an opportunity to visit Mununshi banana scheme in the 80’s and Nchelenge rubber plantation in the 90’s. There is a lot of portential if given to the right people with a vision,passion,uncorrupt,love for zambia to run these companies. We need humble leaders to push these companies to a higher standard. Not these recycled managers with a motive of enriching themselves with their families. We need to wake up from slumber:o
Opening factories just for the sake of opening factories will not lead anywhere. When you start a business, whether government run or private, you have to analyze the market. Is there a strong market for product? Not only that, but is the business viable? Will you be able to recoup your capital, and continue to run the business at a profit? I am skeptical that this plan will be successful because it takes time and market analysis to develop a viable business plan. It just does not seem that careful consideration has been given to this venture. I am for development, but it seems this experiment has been run before, and it has failed. We need to see what changes will be made for this new venture to succeed.
The reason for many companies in zambia failing is 1. Luck of right personnel, corruption, stealing and many more.
#9 iwe false professor. Don’t use the term when you don’t have a vision to support ventures like the Mwinilunga cannery. Zambia is the way it is today because of vision less people like you. Who told you that there’s no market the cannery products from Mwinilunga. We now have the same kind of products from South Africa in our Zambian shops. Why not use local products prom the soon to be reopened cannery?
#9 iwe false professor. Don’t use the term when you don’t have a vision to support ventures like the Mwinilunga cannery. Zambia is the way it is today because of vision less people like you. Who told you that there’s no market the cannery products from Mwinilunga. We now have the same kind of products from South Africa in our Zambian shops. Why not use local products prom the soon to be reopened cannery?
re-opening it is easy, but running it to make a profit. Yap yap yap, Zambia….
The factory was heavily subsidized by the central government because there was no steady profitability. There have been many investors that have looked at the Mwinilunga and other former government run businesses and they have abandoned those interests. Why? There’s no guaranteed and steady supply of the product(s). They are seasonal subsistence farmers relying on the almighty to water their product(s). If the tax payers want to resume production, that’s fine and Shamulenge should go ahead with the plan.
Bane kale mwayamba ukutubepa Pali mwinilunga cannery it’s js yap yap hw many people have come and taped abt reopening the plant aatase!
#13. The book of thinkign big does state that failure is an invention of one way you can not get what you ntended to do, hence seek another window. In the western world, even in South Africa, There is not Food business that can go to bankrucy unleless it the financial gains are not managed properly. Zambia is endowed with lots of water I see no reason that possible farmers can rely on rainfall alone, as a matter of fact, you can time to offload your fruit during off peak seasons. KK vison, was good. What still need is to invest in research in postharvest research (hortcultural products). No need to buy South African made products when we have potential to process fruits into finished products. We could as well exploit export potential for zambian fruits aborad.This goes to mangoe
Instead of arguing, let somebody do a business study like they do for any other start up business. If the Canary is viable, govt should invest in it. If it is not viable, let govt spend the money on other projects in the same region.
Employment creation is the target. But sustenable employment comes from sustenable business.