# Phase one of the government’s Poultry Master Plan has helped retain 52-thousand-930 jobs, with investments exceeding targets. The objectives of the plan include stimulating investment, job creation, exports, and the establishment of black contract growers. Department of Trade, Industry and Competition’s, Ncumisa Mcata-Mhlauli, says the first phase of the plan has helped to garner over two-billion-rand of investment by major companies in the poultry sector since its inception in 2019. Phase two will see 635-million-rand invested, prioritising black-owned enterprises and boosting local production.
Poultry Master Plan exceeds investment targets, boosting jobs