Ongoing
Projects > Cattle Program
Mozambique is ideal cattle country in the non-tsetse
fly areas and the original African has a reputation
for being the best natural stockman in the world.
SDR is currently in the process of acquiring 12,000—20,000
hectares of non-utilized rural land in the Inhambane
Province. This project will start with 500 cows,
employ local area personnel and procure the mother
cows from other rural Mozambican areas. SDR has
already received a commitment for over $20,000 to
ship registered Angus embryos and semen to raise
Angus Bulls to further the beef quality of the herd.
The cattle operations will be developed into a vertically
integrated enterprise that will encompass co-op
opportunities for independent Mozambican stockman.
Their operation will have a chance to help the Mozambican
balance of trade in support of generous EU quotas
for African grown beef.
The area planned for this program was once the domain
of many species of antelope whose populations are
now devastated because of illegal poaching for “bush
meat”. This area in the Inhambane Province has been
denuded of many native animals. SDR’s vision is
that the antelope population will re-establish itself
alongside our cattle and small grain farms with
the conservation practices we plan. Furthermore,
by protecting the native species we can create game
viewing opportunities that will give rise to an
eco-tourism destination on this beautiful Savannah.
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Ambassador Panguene, the Ambassador
of Mozambique to the U.S.,
visiting SDR's Cattle and Small grains projects.
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