… In his closing remarks, Ghanzi District Council chairperson, Mr Thabiso Kebadile, implored farmers to be united and formulate progressive solutions that would make the beef industry a lucrative business. …
Ghanzi farmers say government must deliver on promised liberalisation of the beef industry from Botswana Meat Commission monopoly to help them weather the current Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak and access regional markets. The policy was repealed by Parliament in 2019 but remains unimplemented.
Why it matters
Ghanzi farmers' renewed push for beef industry liberalisation reflects ongoing struggles amid FMD outbreak and government delays on a 2019 policy.
Ghanzi farmers say government must deliver on promised liberalisation of the beef industry from Botswana Meat Commission monopoly to help them weather the current Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak and access regional markets. The policy was repealed by Parliament in 2019 but remains unimplemented.