#JustIn: Catastrophe looms if livestock farmers can’t market
More than 18 000 emerging cattle producers in the northern municipal areas require immediate access to markets to prevent a disaster.
A survey in February among potential commercially-oriented meat producers in the municipal area identified a lack of formal marketing opportunities, or abattoirs, as their biggest obstacle.
This is according to the newly established civil rights organization, Action Forum Namibia (AFN).
According to the AFN, producers believe that removing this obstacle would enable them to grow from livestock keepers to commercially oriented beef producers.
The urgency of the matter is compounded by the looming drought conditions over large parts of the country. Producers who cannot reduce their livestock numbers in time could lose millions if the cattle die. Additionally, the vulnerable grazing situation will further deteriorate.
A survey in February among potential commercially-oriented meat producers in the municipal area identified a lack of formal marketing opportunities, or abattoirs, as their biggest obstacle.
This is according to the newly established civil rights organization, Action Forum Namibia (AFN).
According to the AFN, producers believe that removing this obstacle would enable them to grow from livestock keepers to commercially oriented beef producers.
The urgency of the matter is compounded by the looming drought conditions over large parts of the country. Producers who cannot reduce their livestock numbers in time could lose millions if the cattle die. Additionally, the vulnerable grazing situation will further deteriorate.
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