By Correspondent Reporter
POVERTY levels are reportedly high among some female headed households in Mambwe district.
This situation has forced the affected women to venture into selling mice to earn a living.
Catherine Banda of Masumba village in Chief Mkhanya’s area says the mice business has a number of disadvantages because many people turn to take advantage of such seasonal opportunities.
Banda says because to lack of empowerment programmes that can change lives, some women have taken advantage of the availability of mice on the market to make some profit.
She however said the mice business has no guarantee because the product gets rotten when there is no business and few people would stop to buy.
Compared to beef and chicken, mice which are mostly eaten by people from Eastern Province, remain the cheapest source of protein.
As a delicacy, mice might be offered with Nshima, Zambia’s staple traditional meal.