Botswana’s beef industry is facing heightened international restrictions following outbreaks of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in the country with neighbouring Namibia joining the bandwagon. There are also fears that the FMD crisis may escalate into a loss of Botswana’s recent beef market diversification gains as new export agreements with the UAE, DRC, and China are now vulnerable. In the latest crisis build up, Namibia’s Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS), under the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform (MAF WLR) has issued an immediate restriction on the importation and in-transit movement of cloven-hoofed animals and their products from several regions in Botswana. The ban covers products intended for personal or household consumption from zones including 1, 1a, 2a-2f, 3a, 3b, 3c, 6a, 6b, 7, and 16.
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